This document discusses 5 poor listening styles: spacing out, where the listener's mind wanders and they seem "out of it"; pretend listening, where the listener makes comments to seem engaged but isn't paying attention; selective listening, focusing only on interesting parts of the conversation; word listening, paying attention only to the words and not body language or feelings; and self-centered listening, where the listener views the conversation only from their perspective without understanding the other person's view.

1. 5 Poor Listening Styles
By Luka Vukomanovic

2. Spacing Out
• Spacing out is when you act that you are listening to
someone but you’re really not because your brain is
wondering of into a different galaxy. If you do it very often
you’ll get a reputation for being “out of it”.

3. Pretend Listening
• Pretend listening is when you aren’t paying attention but
making insightful comments to make it seem like you are
listening.

4. Selective Listening
• Selective listening is when you pay attention to the part of a
conversation that you want to hear or that interests you.

5. Word Listening
• Word listening is when you are actually paying attention to what
someone is saying, but we only listen to the words and not the body
language and the feelings behind the words.

6. Self-Centered Listening
• Self-centered listening is when you listen to a conversation from your
point of view. You never step into the other person’s shoes and you
think you know how they feel because you think they feel the same as
you do. The three ways of self-centered listening are:
• Judging someone in the back of your head.
• Advising someone from your experiences.
• Probing, or trying to dig up emotions before
the person is ready to share them.

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