Listening is a skill we need to practice more

quote by John Earle, from his new book, Waking Up, Learning What Your Life is Trying to Teach You:

"To be a deep listener, one of the first things we have to do is give up the need and the desire to give advice. Knowing answers does not require stating them; there are times when offering answers is not helpful, as when a person is in the middle of their own learning process."