Reflect on a time when you wished that you would have really listened. Describe the situation, and then explain the result of not listening effectively. What would you do differently now?
For example, you may not have listened carefully to your boss at work, and the result was that you did a project incorrectly. Now you know you listened in a defensive manner to your boss, and in the future you will guard against this type of listening by listening attentively.
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When I didn't listen to my boss on the holiday to-do list and she told me to do the whole list and I didn't listen. But, when I did listen I did the whole list and some more things that were added to the list. And when I did listen and do what I was told, I got a raise and a big thank you which does not happen a lot.
There was a time when I took my oldest daughter to the doctors for a wart on the bottom of her foot. I was so concerned that she was going to have to have it lasered off that I didn't really pay very close attention to the directions that the doctor was explaining to me.Well she was described a certain medication that I was suppose to put on it twice a day and I thought it was only once a day. Needless to say the doctor wanted me to report back in a few days to let him know how it was healing.Obviously it didn't heal that much, because I wasn't putting the correct amount of medication on it. Thank goodness the nurse asked me if I was putting the medication on twice daily. I defiantly learned to listen more affectly. This could have turned out worse if it had been a different medical problem. She did end up having to get it lasered off, but that wasn't the result of my mishave of the medication, but it could have healed faster.
When I was in middle school, I had a choir class that I didn't like very much. We never had any assignments so I didn't really pay close attention to the teacher unless we were told to sing. One day she handed out a notice to all of us and said that we needed to get our parent's signature on it by the next week. Well, next week came around and she asked us to turn them in. I did not know what she meant nor did I know that it was due that day. I got a detention for not being ready. If I would have listened to her in class more, I would have gotten the assignment in on time, and wouldn't have gotten a detention. I learned to listen more attentively to her, and therefore I never recieved a detention notice again. No matter what kind of class I am in, I will need to pay attention to detail even when I do not expect it.
I had bought a diaper table for my friend who just had a baby a month ago. I brought it to her house and started putting it together. She told me that she would read me the directions and I would put it together. I told her I could just look at the picture and not the directions. She finally gave up and helped me put it together. She said that she didn't want the thing to fall apart on her while she was using it. The poles would wood with white paint. I finally gave up and told her I didn't know how to put it together without directions. She asked me for help and i finally gave in and asked her for help. I learned that my friend was right and I was wrong and I would not have been able to put it together just by looking at the picture shown. I needed the directions the whole time and next time I need to just go to the directions so I don't take as long.
My mother told me for years not to marry the father of my childeren. You see, she literally hated him and would try to tell me that I could do better or she would go and on about how he will ruin my life. Well, after 12 years together we finally decided to tie the knot in a small gathering of just family. My mother sat in the front row with tears in her eyes, not of joy, but out of fear.
That was in 2003, we then separated a year later. After being away from my husband and listening to others concerns or comments about him it finally dawned on me what they were trying to tell me all along. I have since moved on to be with a great man that treats me like a queen. Looking back I wish I would have listened better, partly because I would have saved myself a lot of money and heartache. Now whenever "his" name is mentioned, my mother never misses the opprtunity to tell me "I told you so."
Wow, where do I even start? This just last year I was at UMD for school. My parents were a little worried about me because I was so far away and I now had all the freedom I could ever ask for. I remember back when I started applying for college, my parents wanted me to go to school around here, but I’m like everyone else and I “just needed to get out of Osseo.” The closest school I applied to was an hour and a half away. My dad warned me about being so far away and having too much freedom. He thought I was just going to party all the time and not study. I thought “pssshh no, I’ll be fine.” And I really thought that I would be fine. I was going to do what I wanted since I was all grown up. So the big day arrived to go to school and I was excited!!!! As I look back on the year I really wished I would have listened to my dad. I had the time of my life but my grades were less than perfect. So my parents and I had a talk and decided it was best that I transfer back home and so far it has been working out really well. I’ve finally found a balance between school and my social life.
One time that I did not listen at work when my boss told me to check the closing list and do it before I left for the night and I didn't listen I just did my cleaning like I normally did and left for the night. If I would have listened to my boss and looked at the list like she told me to do I would have seen that the list had been revised and things had been added. In the future I plan to correct things like this that happen by listening completely when somebody is talking to me without interrupting or assuming that I know what they are talking about.
The time that I can remember the most is when I took my daughter to her homecoming dance and I didn't listen to the time that it ended. I picked her up an hour late and one of her teacher's had to stay with her and wasn't very happy with me. I learned to have an actual hand-out from the school with the times on it so I had a reference point just in case I didn't here her the next time.
My mom was counting on me to take my sister to her horse riding class at 5:00. I had just got back from work, and I asked my sister if she was ready to go, because I had to be at school at 6:00 to reschedule my classes. The weather was also getting icky out. My sister then told me she had to be at the farm by 5:30. If I had bothered to listen to the answering machine, I would have found out that my uncle was picking her up.
I used to work for my uncle on his dairy farm. On one of my first days he told me to double check all the cows’ ties before I left because some had to be double tied when you milked them. I didn’t pay close enough attention when he said especially to check a new heifer and I missed her second tie. Since I didn’t untie her she couldn’t lay down and it stressed her out. That stress added to the fact that she had just had a calf caused her to have a heart attack. My boss was understanding considering that it resulted in the cow dyeing , but I definitely learned to listen to his instructions a lot closer.
Not too long ago, I had a small argument with my boyfriend regarding something. (I cannot recall the exact topic we were arguing over) At the time, I thought that he was upset with me and that he did not listen to anything I had said. However, after becoming defensive and more upset with the fact that I thought he was disregarding my ideas, he was merely adding constructive input. After, I realized that he thought my idea was good, but just needed a few simple things tweaked, I was more repetitive to what problems he was addressing and how we could solve them. In the end, after being receptive and listening to each other we were able to come up with better innovative ideas than we would have alone.
My roomate had told me she was going to make us speghetti for dinner. Speghetti is my favorite meal for dinner. You'd think I would have listened to her when she said that. I didn't listen. I was thinking about other things instead of listening to her. I ended up picking up food elsewhere instead of eating at home. I was so bummed when I cam home and the rest of the household was eating speghetti, I was full from the meal I had just eaten. I learn to lesson for what she plans on making for dinner, in case it's something that I might want to eat as well.
A time I wish I would have listened to my boss was when I was a robotic welder, at a metal factory in Colby, Wisconsin. I was told how to place parts in a fixture, but to be honest I believed I knew what they expected of me so I did not listen, I only heard what I was being told. To say the least, ten hours later I was welding the parts backwards and had no idea! When I came to work the next day I was written up for bad parts, and threatened to be fired if I didn’t step up to my expectations. Let’s say now I try to pay closer attention to my directions!
There was a time at work when I did't listen to use the new registers to make a Commercial Charges for the prescriptions. When we started doing them later in the week I found out that I was not doing it right and the office had to readjust 3 or 4 of the charges. I wished I had listened better to what the person said about the commercial charges because then I wouldn't have caused the office anymore confusion that was already going on.
I tend to not listen to my boyfriend. There have been many many times where he has told me he planned on doing something, like going hunting or to the races, and I completely tuned him out. Then when he would be getting ready to leave, I would get mad because I would swear up and down that he never told me he was going, when in fact, I just wasn't listening when he told me :)
I know it's bad and I shouldn't do it, but I know I'll continue doing it in the future simply because when he talks about hunting or racing, I ignore him :(
A friend of mine was dating a guy and she would always be complaining about him. I would always think to myself why even be with him if she had nothing but complaints. Eventually I just stop paying attention when she would be talking about him. I would be hearing her, just not paying attention to the content of the situation. A couple months later I got a call that she was in the hospital because he had abused her. This had been going on for quite some time. If I would have just listened more I would have been picked up on all the hints that she was sending my way. She also probably wouldn't have been in that predicament. Luckily she was okay and apologized to her and told her I wished that I would have just listened to her more. I felt so bad that I had no idea this was going on. Next time I will be more aware of my friends conversations. I will know what to look for next time and I will not just brush it off.
When I was in physic class during my senior in high school, Mr. Kano said to the class that we will have a test the next day. The next day I totally forgot that we have a test and is not prepare for it at all. Because the day before I was anxiously waiting for the day to end that I did not hear a single thing he said. If I know that a teacher is speaking of an important matter, no matter what I will listen without any distration and concentrate on listening what is being said.
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