Do you always listen when someone is talking?

o goodness no!
I try, I really do but it's really quite hard at some times.

Sometimes I zone out and start thinking of other things I have to do. I feel bad because I would always want someone to pay attention to me, but I can't help it! I've been trying lately to make myself notice when I start to wander and not pay attention.

I work with a couple of ladies that talk non stop and it is always about themselves!!! After a few months of working with them I have gotten to the point that I pretty much just tune the whole conversation out and nod my head a few times and so far it has worked.. I just start thinking about things that I need to get done and hope that some thing comes along so I can leave without just walking out!!
Most of the time with anyone else I try to listen to the conversation no matter how boring it may be.

I try to listen to anyone who is talking to me patiently. I try not to show any disrespect even if I get bored. If the person goes on repeating the same thing or talk ill of someone, I politely make some excuse and go.

LOL. Same here, it depends who's talking, but in my case it's different. If the one talking is a friend then I will listen even though how boring it is, because I myself want them to listen to me when I'm talking. In cases like a teacher discusses or in seminars, most of the time I don't listen, I'll just be texting or draw anything that I think in a notebook or paper. LOL.

I know it is hard to listen when you are not interested in the topic. What I try to do is whether I am interested in the topic or not I pretend to listen and most importantly ask a few questions here and there and participate in their topic so that the speaker feels good. This way I do not hurt his feelings and it's not a big deal wasting sometime pretending to listen if you are going to make a person feel better.

After all I have earned a another person in my list who could listen or pretend to listen in the future.

Yes I always listen patiently to otheres who are talking to me, not listening is like an insult to the other which I am not in favour off.

Sometimes I can't avoid to listen to some other conversations because I'm nearby and I can hear them talking. I'm not interested if they are talking about gossips I'm not interested to involved to it. If I'm going to attend in seminar or lecture I tried to listen but sometimes I get bored when the speaking is too boring.

That all depends. If I am in darkness of mood, I may have no patience to continue listening.

Usually, I tend to try my best to listen to anyone who is talking to me even if he/she is boring. In my opinion, it is impolite if you pay no attention to people who are talking with you. What's more, remember to look straight at them especially in their eyes, no blinking or look away when people are talking with others.

Of course, sometimes, writing is more useful than listening. Happy myLotting!

Concentration is a hard thing. People will always touch on topics which you may think are interesting and also the complete opposite being topics which are not so interesting. Also, some people take a rather long time to spit out what they mean they would like to say. People thus never listen to everything when someone is talking. It has been scientifically proven that a person can not concentrate for more than 45 minutes at a time, so this is rather common. One thing is for sure though, the better a listener you are the more broad your perspective will be on other fronts. Listening is also having attention to detail which is also extremely important. If you improve your listening, starting with listening to everything other peole have to say, you will learn something and also your attention span will increase.