Are you an effective listener? Want to do better than that? Then, use effective listening techniques. Here are the Top ten ways to listen to boring lectures

1. Choose to find the subject useful.
   • Poor listeners dismiss most lectures as dull and irrelevant. They turn off quickly.
   • Effective listeners separate the wheat from the chaff. They choose to listen to discover new knowledge.
2. Concentrate on the words and message, not on the professor’s looks, clothes or delivery.
   • Poor listeners notice faults in a lecturer’s appearance or delivery.
   • Effective listeners strive to pick every professor’s brain for self-gain.
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