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# How to Speak How to Listen (A Guide to Effective Communication)

**Brand:** mortimer j. adler
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Must-Read (Especially for Introverts)
*by K***R on July 5, 2016*

This book is best read after Mortimer Adler’s companion piece, How to Read a Book, which outlines the responsibilities and strategies needed to successfully engage in reading and writing. Similarly, in How to Speak, How to Listen Adler offers the same practical and direct approach to the reciprocal processes of speaking and listening. Adler focuses on building his own ethos throughout the book through a comprehensive overview of the art of rhetoric using real life examples and references to others’ work.Adler takes us through the entire process, beginning with our deficits: communication pitfalls, educational gaps, and hubris. He distinguishes between different types of speeches, such as what he calls the “Sales Talk” or lectures in order to strategize for varied motivations for speaking. These chapters of the book are detailed and user-friendly for those in educational fields and beyond. This book is not about pedagogy; it is intended to be an academic instruction manual for the masses. Adler establishes this objective early on.At the end of the book, Adler emphasizes the reciprocity of speaking and listening by connecting communication to our collective sense of humanity. He sees this as particularly important in an increasingly digital world where communication feels one-sided and is delivered less often through personal interaction. Building, maintaining, and honing these skills is essential to our happiness. We need them to participate in all levels of community: international, national, regional, and local politics. Also as we get older, communication becomes an increasingly necessary tool for bonding and creating relationships with others. However, at the end, Adler tells us why these things really matter: speaking and listening are essential to learning, and the lifelong acquisition of knowledge, friendship, and discovery is imperative to engage in the world. Life does not mean much in a vacuum. How to Speak, How to Listen is about the reciprocity of human connection to a world that seems disconnected.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great
*by O***E on January 12, 2019*

I loved this reading. In fact I use it in my lectures because it has so many examples and insights on the topic of writing, reading, speaking and (last but not least) listening.Adler opens an entire field of inquiry as long as he proposes that listening is the hardest of the skills for everyone. As nobody teach you how to listen, so he does. And he does it perfectly well.At the end of the book there is an appendix (The Harvey Cushing Memorial Oration) in which Adler proposes an example on the topic of how organizing a speech for talking about some controversial issues (like the existence of God). To me, that is the least accomplished part, but it doesn't diminish the previous achievement.Highly recommended.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Needed more than just the audible book.
*by R***E on May 13, 2024*

When I started to listen to this book, I realized I was not retaining the information. And since it is very valuable information, I really wanted to grasp it all. So I bought the book so I can read along with the Audible version. I really appreciate that it is available in both formats.

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