{"id":84897,"date":"2024-01-07T14:07:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:07:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=84897"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:07:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T12:07:26","slug":"the-art-of-active-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/the-art-of-active-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Active Listening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a difference between hearing &amp; listening<\/p>\n<p>Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet.<\/p>\n<p>How To Be An Active Listener<\/p>\n<p>1- Drop Everything<br \/>\n2- Eye Contact<br \/>\n3- Avoid Interruption<br \/>\n4- Ask Relevant Questions<br \/>\n5- Patience<\/p>\n<p>Almighty Allah gave us two ears and one tongue &#8211; so we need to do more listening and less talking.<\/p>\n<p>_click the link to start listening_<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_26085\"  width=\"1080\" height=\"608\"  data-origwidth=\"1080\" data-origheight=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/be4o2X_3in8?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a difference between hearing &amp; listening Listening is about being present, not just about being quiet. How To Be An Active Listener 1- Drop Everything 2- Eye Contact 3- Avoid Interruption 4- Ask Relevant Questions 5- Patience Almighty Allah gave us two ears and one tongue &#8211; so we need to do more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5455],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-islamic-discussions-podcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/66115CB7-869C-4928-B4D9-8E6299389F1A.jpeg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pc0QIf-m5j","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-28 05:38:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}