Passive listening is letting the other person speak. Active listening is helping the other person communicate their message to you.
Active listening and yesterday’s post to slow down share a common thread: when you take the time to give your full attention to what is occurring in the present moment, you open yourself up to experiencing something new and expand your awareness of possibility.
When you truly listen to someone, they will open up in ways you might not expect.
Perhaps we also need active internet reading… considering that typical high-literacy readers read at most 28% of the words during a visit to a webpage. I would tell you more, but I only skimmed the article.