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" We all like to look good. However, this basic human desire can often get in the way of our listening and our speaking. This tendency often evinces itself in two simple words: 'I know.' But if I know everything, what can I learn? Absolutely nothing. "

Julian Treasure

Listening

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" There's a little bit of protocol in the real world which is quite important. If you speak to me, we understand that we've entered into a social contract. But sound that you haven't given permission to receive is noise, and generally unwelcome. "

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" I've heard many reports of police attending scenes of domestic violence where they've had to turn off music and televisions and radios. Noise tends to drive us a bit crazy. "

" If you put music on top of noise, it's like putting icing on top of mud; it might look like a cake, but it doesn't taste like one. "

" For the great speakers, it's all about the audience. And the feeling they have is that they're giving a gift, of maybe knowledge or inspiration or motivation. "

" By starting to pay attention to our natural soundscapes, businesses can reduce staff turnover, increase productivity, and increase profits. "

" Retailers don't think about why they have music. There are a number of issues. It can be very powerful in the right place, where it is played appropriately. "

" Noise is the number one problem in modern offices. A big part of addressing this issue is making sure unwanted sound from adjacent spaces doesn't intrude or interfere. "

" Let's define listening as making meaning from sound. It's a mental process, and it's a process of extraction. We use some pretty cool techniques to do this. One of them is pattern recognition. "

" We have the capacity for about 1.6 human conversations, so if you're listening to one conversation particularly, you're only left with 0.6 for your inner voice that helps you write. "

" There's a lot of research now showing that noise, and the lack of quiet working space, is one of the biggest issues for all office workers. "

" Intention is very important in sound, in listening. When I married my wife, I promised her I would listen to her every day as if for the first time. Now that's something I fall short of on a daily basis. "

" Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when they're designing buildings. "

" In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound. "

" You can't truly listen to someone and do anything else at the same time. "

" We spend all our time teaching reading and writing. We spend absolutely no time at all, in most schools, teaching either speaking or, more importantly still, listening. "

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Writing

Listening

" You can detect a hostile listening or a bored listening or a tired listening or an excited and engaged listening. "

" If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit. "

" It's an interesting door opening, this use of sonic signalling - using sound to alert us in a more subtle way than a beep. "

" People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just as bad as too much noise. "

" It is a mistake to assume that everyone listens like you do: your listening is as unique as your fingerprints, and so is everyone else's. "

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Unique

You

" Ears are made not for hearing but for listening. Listening is an active skill, whereas hearing is passive. Listening is something that we have to work at - it's a relationship with sound. And yet, it's a skill that none of us are taught. "

" The need to be right can arise from a fear of being disrespected. Or it may come out of the fear of being seen as we really are: as flawed human beings who are perfectly imperfect and full of contradictions and confusions. "

" I would suggest that our listening is the main way that we experience the flow of time from past to future. "

" If we're not listened to, then that doesn't create a desire inside us to listen to others. Societally, we don't value it. "

" Most people think it's a linear relationship: I speak, you listen. Actually, it's a circle, because the way you listen affects how I speak, and the way I speak affects the way you listen. "

" Sound changes moods, yet most of the sound around us is unplanned. "

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Moods

" I'm totally obsessed with sound. It's my life. "

" We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority. "