8 listening questions
For personal / provocative
- 1
What is a story from before we met that you have told me more than once, and why does it matter to you?
- 2
When did you last feel really listened to by me?
- 3
Which of these do I do when you are talking?
- Listen properly
- Wait to speak
- Solve it
- Look at my phone
- Depends on the topic
- 4
What do you say that I never seem to hear?
- 5
What do you wish you could say to me once, and have it stick?
- 6
What have I said that you have kept, word for word?
- 7
What do you need to say that you have been waiting to be asked?
- 8
How can I tell when you want advice and when you want to be heard?
Try answering these at the same time
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