I am Dr. Hassan, a Board-Certified Physiatrist and Independent Practice Owner. I help physiatrists start and grow their own profitable practices so they can achieve financial independence and live without limits.
When building a profitable practice is important to take all the points into perspective. When you disagree with someone, likely you don’t want to waste your time listening to their viewpoints. Although listening to something you disagree with isn’t always fun, it is important to your future for several reasons.
You will learn something new.
When you take the time to listen to someone else and their viewpoints, you’re exposed to thoughts that don’t exist in
your mind and perspectives you may not have considered before. And even though you may not like what you’re hearing, you often learn new things by listening to others. This also helps expand your mind to be more accepting of new thoughts, which could help you be more successful in the future.
Listening helps you develop patience.
As previously mentioned, being able to sit there and listen to someone you don’t agree with is difficult. You will have to have patience. And if you haven’t already developed the necessary patience for this task, just the practice of listening to others more often will help you to develop it. If you find you’re struggling with the task, try to remember you are listening to learn something new. You can also listen with the intent to ask questions. This will help you focus more carefully on the words the other person is saying.
Expands your network.
People love when others listen to what they have to say. It makes them feel important. When you take the time to listen to someone else, even though you may not agree with what they’re saying, you make that person feel better about themselves. And this can help you make a new friend or connection. This can help you on your path to success in the future, as you never know when you may need to know someone in a certain field of or area of study. And hey, expanding your network is always a good idea.
Overall, listening to someone else who has an opposing viewpoint from yourself will never be an easy task. But when you resolve to listen to someone else, this helps teach you new things, and further develops your patience. Not only that, but it also helps you to grow your network, which could provide unmeasured value to you in your future. Thus, it’s time to learn how to listen to others sooner rather than later if you want to succeed in life.
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