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Are you a good listener?\nMany of us think we are good listeners, but maybe, just maybe, we are not as hot at listening as we think we are. Today, Dr. Guy Itzchakov joins Traci Ruble on the podcast to talk about the subtle art of listening.\nDoctor Itzchakov is an assistant professor at the University of Haifa and the Department of Human Services and obtained his Ph.D. from the School of Business Administration at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto at the Rotman School of Management. His focal research has been on the effects of high quality listening on facilitating a change in the speaker\u2019s emotions, cognition, and behavior.\xa0 Dr. Itzchakov is also research advisor to Sidewalk Talk.\nListen in as Dr. Itzchakovs shares tips on listening you can use, right now, today, in your own life.\xa0 \nEpisode Milestone\n[03:05] How Traci and Dr. Guy met\n[05:14] How Dr. Guy got into listening\n[o6:15] The boomerang effect\n[12:41] Why don\u2019t we listen more?\n[13:41] The enemies of listening\n[19:19] How does culture affect listening?\n[27:04] Ingredients to good listening\n[32:58] Ways of conveying understanding to the speaker\n[39:01] Does listening contribute to people\u2019s health?\n[44:48] Dr. Guy\u2019s wish\n\xa0\nResources Mentioned:\nCarl Rogers\n\xa0\nStandout Quotes from the Episode:\n\u201cWhen someone listens to us, we feel less anxious, because we don\u2019t care anymore, how we look when we say the things we say.\u201d [08:35]\n\u201cResearch is important to the extent that you can make a difference with it.\u201d [10:55]\n\u201cListening is key to the change that we need to make, and we are asked to make in our society\u201d [11:35]\n\u201cIf you listen well, you lose dominance, and you gain prestige.\u201d [17:47]\n\u201cListening will reduce the speaker\u2019s anxiety, both state anxiety and social anxiety, which is an indicator of wellbeing.\u201d [39:12]\n\xa0\nConnect:\nFind | Sidewalk Talk Podcast\nAt sidewalk-talk.org\nOn Instagram: @sidewalktalkorg\nOn Twitter: @sidewalktalkorg\n\xa0\nFind | Traci Ruble\nAt Traciruble.com\nOn Instagram: @TraciRubleMFT\nOn Twitter: @TraciRubleMFT\nOn Facebook: @TraciRubleMFT