Unless you heed the important things you newly hear, you are not becoming a superior listener. Following up on an earlier post, here are three ways listening to my body is making me a better person.
1. I am sleeping between 7 and 8 hours a night. With regard to sleep, I've deprived my body for decades of the needed recovery sleep it needs. This was really dumb. After delivering excellent results for me, I then proceeded for years to punish it by starving it from the eight or so hours of sleep it needed.
Now that I'm sleeping enough, the dark bags under my eyes have disappeared, and my posture has improved (my shoulders aren't droopy because of exhaustion).
2. I'm reading more and better books. As a result of being rested, I'm able to read without nodding off after just a few short pages. The last thing I want to do when exhausted is read something requiring serious thinking. Because I'm mentally sharper, I'm back to reading more important works.
3. I'm stretching daily. My muscles tell me daily, that they need to be stretched and warmed up. I now stretch various muscle groups throughout the day. Most of my stretching is done in 3 minute intervals. That's not that much time, but it has yielded excellent results. For example, I no longer have lower back pain. What a relief!
There you have it. These are all things I'm now DOING because I'm listening better.
You have a list?
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