Be Quiet to Hear

Hey team. So I saw this quote. I think the guy’s name, if I pronounce it correctly, is Roomie Rumi. And he said that the quieter you become, the more you’re able to hear. Go figure. The quieter we become, the more we’re able to hear, able to listen. When we quiet ourselves, we can hear. And it got me thinking about different times in my life and when I’ve succeeded and when I’ve failed.

And I think many of the failures have fallen around times that I couldn’t hear because I wasn’t very quiet. Talk too much. Too loud. Okay. Some of you are sitting there rolling your eyes, going, “Chad, too loud? No way. Talk too much. Never.” Okay, stop with the sarcasm. That’s not fair. Able to listen, able to hear, able to understand.

When I quiet my own self, my own voice, my own desire to interrupt and speak from my point of view. Not saying that my point of view isn’t important. Not saying that your point of view isn’t important. But many times, if we want somebody to listen to our point of view, we need to hear their point of view first.

And these are key things to learn. Hopefully, some of you, most of you, are younger than me. So hopefully you learn it before I did, longer before I did. Took me a lot of time in my life because I’m hard-headed. So something for you to think about. What can you do to quiet yourself so that you can hear in lots of different ways? Sometimes, even your own voice, quieting your own thinking to truly ponder and think about what’s the best choice in this situation that I’m about to encounter?

Maybe before going and talking to your wife or your husband or your children, you stop and think and say, “Hm, what would be the best approach?” And then say, “Maybe I need to go listen first.” Go listen to them. Hear what they say. Then think about it. And don’t rush to be heard again by yourself to them.

Just some thoughts. As I was thinking about this, I’m like, I’m preaching to the choir. I really need to think about this myself. So, Chad, next time you talk to Karen, listen more. Quiet yourself. Let her talk. Next time you talk to JT, quiet yourself. Listen to what he has to say. Next time you talk to David. That little guy’s got some talking. Got to listen because he’s eight now. He’s great because he’s eight.

So we got to listen to that little man. He’s smart. He’s gifted. Got to listen. What about your team, Chad? Got to listen. Listen to what your leaders have to say. Quiet yourself so that you can hear.

All right, guys. If we all take that advice, imagine how much we can accomplish because we’ll be hearing from the other perspective, which might give us insight into how to respond in a positive way. God bless you.

Have a wonderful week. Talk to you guys next week. See you.