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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
Contact: Ericka Wilcox
Phone: 408-257-3000
E-Mail: ericka.wilcox@happyabout.info
NEW BOOK RELEASE: Listeners Press Announces
a Fun Self-Help Guide to Better Communication Skills
Cupertino, CA (PRLEAP.COM) December
7, 2007 –The latest book by Linda Eve Diamond, author
and creator of www.ListenersUnite.com,
is a self-help guide to improving an essential communication skill:
listening. The book takes a light-hearted look at the serious
subject of listening. Though written in a light in tone, the book’s
messages run deep, focusing on the essential skills at the heart
of cultivating inner listening, strengthening relationships, and
building business success.
RULE #1: STOP TALKING! (Listeners Press,
2007) takes readers through practical steps to raising listening
awareness, becoming conscious of personal listening “short
circuits," clearing “head static,” and more.
Listening has long been seen as a passive activity, not something
to be taught or practiced, but something to just “do.”
The author makes the point that “Most of us think we’re
born listeners just because our ears work. That’s like saying
you are a born pianist because your family had a piano in the
house.” However, "Listening isn’t easy,"
says Diamond, "If it were, everyone would do it!" Just
because we “stop talking,” doesn’t mean we’re
listening; that’s just Rule #1 (which also refers to mind
chatter—planning what you’ll say next, etc.).
Listening is an active process. To really
listen, we often must move ourselves to someone else’s perspective,
put aside our personal prejudices, quiet our minds, and that’s
just the beginning. In relationships, friendships, families, business,
and in the communities in which we live, not listening can damage
relationships and result in lost opportunities. Ironically, these
skills become more and more essential in the “communication
age,” a time when we have more distractions than ever before,
making it difficult to slow down to listen. RULE #1 includes a
unique set of listening surveys, acknowledges that we all have
listening challenges, and offers practical advice without being
“preachy.”
Linda Eve Diamond ( www.LindaEveDiamond.com
) is the author of several books in the areas of business, education,
self-help and poetry. She comes from a corporate training background,
where her work had a strong focus on communication, and she is
on the executive board of the International Listening Association,
an organization that “promotes the study, development, and
teaching of listening and the practice of effective listening
skills and techniques.”
Diamond invites submissions of listening
stories and exercises to her upcoming listening books. (Check
websites for guidelines or write to info@LindaEveDiamond.com for
details.)
This guidebook to listening is endorsed
by Margarete, Imhof, International Listening Association President;
Kay Lindahl, Founder of The Listening Center; Dean Sluyter, author
of Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies; Stephan
Rechtschaffen, Co-Founder of Omega Holistic Institute; and Ronald
Bell, Chief Evocateur Officer/Owner, Center for Positive Integral
Change.
RULE #1: STOP TALKING! A Guide to Listening
is the premier publication of Listeners Press, a new division
of Happy About Books. Listeners Press was created to feature "books
that make you stop and listen." The publisher offers a 10%
discount for anyone who buys directly from http://ListenersPress.com.
The book is also available through Amazon and other online retailers,
as well as selected stores. If you don’t see the book in
your local store, they will be happy to order it for you.
Key stats on "RULE #1: STOP TALKING!
A Guide to Listening"
- Title: RULE #1: STOP TALKING! A Guide
to Listening
- ISBN-10: 1600050670
- ISBN-13: 978-1-60005-067-1
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- 408-257-3000.
Press Copies
A free copy of the book is available to the press upon request.
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