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QJM 2007 100(8):537-538; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcm061
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The art of not listening

John Launer

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One of the most gifted psychologists I know has the knack of going to the heart of the matter in any conversation. This can be irritating at times as it makes everyone else feel so plodding. Usually it is impressive, because it saves his patients and colleagues so much wasted time and misplaced emotion. It seems a knack that is well worth acquiring, but if you ask him how he does it, he says ‘I just tune out a lot’.

It is arresting to think that not listening might be . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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