Reviews for Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

The average rating for Lost Art of Listening, Second Edition: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-03-19 00:00:00 Benjamin Beauregard I only give this book three stars (I liked it) but would still say everyone should seriously consider reading it. Reasons to read it: 1) It made me think hard about a huge part of my relationships, particularly family. 2) It contains a lot of wisdom about listening. Reasons not to read it (and why I didn't REALLY like it): 1) Like a lot of psychology books, it could have been condensed to maybe half the length by cutting out generalized and extraneous case studies/examples. It is also very repetitive, again often the case for books on psychology. 2) It gets a few things dead wrong, because it approaches human nature and relationships from a general, contemporary Western, ultimately non-Christian viewpoint. Great quotation (last line of the book): "Listening isn't a need we have; it's a gift we give."

Review # 2 was written on 2012-10-20 00:00:00 Martin J�nes I see how he wrote this. He came up with the idea of a book, and he jotted down notes between counselling sessions and meetings until he'd filled an exercise book. Then he grouped them loosely into themes and wrote the book. The result is a bundle of platitudes, anecdotes, and advice which have no connection beyond their overall topic. He would have been better to write a collection of short essays rather than feign a linear narrative out of them. Definitely some useful thoughts in there, but presented in this way it's more like sitting on the knee of an old man who talks sagely but tangentially. You're left to gather the wisdom and piece it together yourself.