I don’t know, I just wasn’t into class today. While Ton spoke about why power listening is important, and how it helps us as coaches, there was nothing concrete there for me.  I mean, how do you “power listen”? It’s obviously being able to listen attentively, and have it spark something for you as a coach, but it’s just not clear to me how you can go from a listening civilian to a listening expert. How can you effectively listen, write notes, and not lose your thoughts about how to address what your client is saying?

Meanwhile, we did go over another student’s dilemma of what to do or say when you have a client that is making decisions that you do not agree with. Obviously, if these decisions are of a criminal or abusive nature, then something must be said. However, even though you as a person might not make that decision, you must not force your ethics on someone else. Honestly, this whole conversation was very drawn out and I felt like the same points were being driven home repeatedly, so I eventually tuned out a bit - which I guess is fairly ironic in a Power Listening class.

I guess this is something to bring up when I take Power Listening 1 (I hate taking classes out of order!) on Wednesday night.

I’m grateful today for finding an apartment that we love. Cross fingers for us!