Barriers to Effective Listening Skills Top 6

These are the Top 6 barriers to Effective Listening Skills that often cause difficulties. This video breaks down the top 6 barriers and gives tips to overcome them.

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0:00 Intro
0:34 Barrier 1 - Distractions
1:40 Barrier 2 - Preoccupation
3:16 Barrier 3 - Listening too much for the details
3:58 Barrier 4 - Boring Topic (to you)
4:55 Barrier 5 - Rebuttal Tendency
6:39 Barrier 6 - Boring Speaker

[sunvaj]

My barriers are: When someone speaks very slow, uninterested subject, and what bother me the most is when she doesn't listen when l talk. Alex, l learned so much from you. I really appreciate your videos.

[UNIVERSAL_VIBEZ.]

Tremendously underrated video. Superb information and answers to why one fails at actual active listening. ✊🏿

[johndenver]

HI coach. I'm excited to watch this video. Although I have not yet watched it I know I need this. I want to see if you touch on a few things I know I struggle with and that is.... I sometimes can't force myself to be interested in what someone is talking about. Especially if I know it's gonna be garbage that I just don't want to hear. Also I sometimes get distracted easily. I love watching your channel and most of the time I can't wait for you to post. More times than not you help me realize my own flaws and I am grateful. Some Things have helped me in my marriage. So a word of encouragement is your helping more people than you may know. 😊.

[lizziespice_]

Thank you for this. I came just found your page and have found your tips helpful. I realised I miss things when I am spoken too. I came on youtube to look for a place to learn how to listen and found this page. I will practice all I have learnt and track my progress.

[t-spark]

"Giving [oneself] permission to focus on the big picture" is a very very interesting way to frame it. I've never thought about that as being as important as the other things. It's a big revelation - big enough it may take a while to sink in. Thank you.

[shameekmanning]

Thank you so much Coach. I just came across your channel and subscribe already, like and still watching.

[RanadLajami]

I like your content so much it is really helpful and easy to understand . I have more than one of it

[eris]

Always great skills, tank you for the vídeo

[Haljordan]

It’s hard to be a good listener with all the barriers you mentioned. I too have a passive way of hearing people and not listening to details.
Another problem I have is some people interrupting me and when I raise the volume of my voice I still get interrupted!
These videos are helpful though, 😊

[johndenver]

I'm guilty of all that you said. I just had a thought I am a truck driver and I spend most of my time alone. Sometimes I spend days without talking to anyone at all. Well except my wife. She calls me about 5pm almost every day. Coach you may have once again help me discover something. I think for me is... Isolation is my contributing factor. My idea of the solution is to reach out to elderly and people who have been or is isolated and practice what your preaching. Typing this out coach helps me realize that every one needs to be heard. Thanks again coach for helping me open more doors for my personal growth. As I heard you once say... Chef's kiss to you that was good stuff.

[TheChurchOfPhakeKnewz]

The ending summary was great. It helped me summarize what I heard.

[kevindesimone]

Good ideas.... my problem is severe hearing loss, my aids only go so far. But I am trying.

[pamelapollock]

Excellent information!
I’m a rebuttal expert. Glad you pointed this out.

[Tzu-haoYeh]

Appreciate the video. Rebuttal tendency is a real challenge for me, especially as a non-native speaker (but fluent in English). Not only do i formulate the questions in my head, but i also think about how to ask them in a constructive way to get more meaningful discussions. And that's all happening while the presentation or discussion is ongoing. I often ended up asking them toward the end of the meeting, which is much less effective. Are there any daily exercises i can do to improve this?

[patbailey]

You pegged me in two areas, Alex. Preoccupation and Rebuttal Tendency. The preoccupation is nuanced, like the your own example... Usually thinking ahead a thought or two or over-listening to tone or watching body language cues. I miss critical details and often fumble my replies when it becomes my turn, at times being unable to filter or order my sentences in a cohesive manner. They're all fighting for first priority. In the back of my mind, I think that I'm try to have a quick response in order to avoid "dead air" or to help drive the conversation and/or keep it fluid. I need to let go more and just let more conversations flow naturally, perhaps? Your thoughts?

[sjoerdvanbavel]

How do you get that pause in? I feel like I’m surrounded by people who want to talk so badly my options are to jump in or to be silent.

Love the video!

[Cloud-erbg]

How do i be more engaging towards the conversation and make them talk more ?

[MaxHarden]

You don’t listen at all. You’re still using white slide backgrounds when it blinds me. I told you it hurt my eyes in the last video and you said you’d look into it.