The Top 10 Listening Skills

Just found this list of top 10 listening skills put together by Halma Comber..

1. Stop talking
2. Put all your energy into listening
3. Notice your own filters when listening
4. Don’t argue mentally
5. Inhibit your impulse to immediately answer questions
6. Adjust to the situation
7. When in doubt about whether to listen or speak, keep listening
8. Don’t assume you have to do anything but listen
9. Work at listening
10. Listen generously with a willingness to be influenced