Learning About The Enemies of Listening | Dr. Guy Itzchakov

Podcast

Oct 13

Are you a good listener?

Many of us think we are good listeners, but maybe, just maybe, we are not as hot at listening as we think we are. Today, Dr. Guy Itzchakov joins Traci Ruble on the podcast to talk about the subtle art of listening.

Doctor Itzchakov is an assistant professor at the University of Haifa and the Department of Human Services and obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto at the Rotman School of Management. His focal research has been on the effects of high quality listening on facilitating a change in the speaker’s emotions, cognition, and behavior. Dr. Itzchakov is also research advisor to Sidewalk Talk.

Listen in as Dr. Itzchakovs shares tips on listening you can use, right now, today, in your own life.

Episode Timeline:

[03:05] How Traci and Dr. Guy met

[05:14] How Dr. Guy got into listening

[o6:15] The boomerang effect

[12:41] Why don’t we listen more?

[13:41] The enemies of listening

[19:19] How does culture affect listening?

[27:04] Ingredients to good listening

[32:58] Ways of conveying understanding to the speaker

[39:01] Does listening contribute to people’s health?

[44:48] Dr. Guy’s wish

Resources Mentioned:

Carl Rogers

Standout Quotes:

“When someone listens to us, we feel less anxious, because we don’t care anymore, how we look when we say the things we say.” [08:35]
“Research is important to the extent that you can make a difference with it.” [10:55]
“Listening is key to the change that we need to make, and we are asked to make in our society” [11:35]
“If you listen well, you lose dominance, and you gain prestige.” [17:47]
“Listening will reduce the speaker’s anxiety, both state anxiety and social anxiety, which is an indicator of wellbeing.” [39:12]