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CLEAN AND CURIOUS LISTENING
Hurdles and Headphones
Think about the incessant distractions that pressure people to react. Messages vie for your attention everywhere—noise bellowing at you from television, social media, a fervent news cycle, clickbait headlines. . . ! At work, you also manage distractions from your personal life, along with other noise: staffing issues, reluctant clients, balance sheet concerns, a slog of emails to address. . . !
Most of us are stuck in a maddening and overwhelming swirl of daily noise and pressure. And your reliable frenemy AMY and your Inner Narrator tend to shove you into a reactive state as you filter incoming pressure, often judging the noise before you can pause and hear what’s being actually said, offered, ...
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