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Why we listen

Started by Rick · 8 months ago

I picked up a gem of a book this weekend called Everyday Speech: How to say what you mean by Bess Sondel. It was published in 1950 and has some interesting insights into the art of speaking (both public and one-to-one) and listening.
I haven’t finished reading the book, but wan ... Continue reading »

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  • Kate Gladstone

    4 years ago

    Bess Sondel belonged to, and many of her best ideas/practices came from, a group called the Institute for General Semantics - http://www.time-binding.org - which one might call a "life skills" improvement group (using "life skills" as you do) that focuses on communications. A lot of Sondel's books and other writings quote (and/or borrow directly from) Alfred Korzybski who founded the group. So, if Bess Sondel's work pleases and benefits you, you might want to visit http://www.time-binding.org - if you do, tell Steve Stockdale that I sent you and said "Hello!"
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  • Rick

    4 years ago

    Thanks for the pointer, Kate. Looks to be some very interesting stuff at IGS. Which of Alfred Korzybski's books would you recommend as a starting point?
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