This is the name of Habit 5 in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens.
What is Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
This is the first half of the Habit 5 principle.
What is Seek First to Understand
This is the highest level of listening described in Habit 5.
What is empathic listening
This is the second half of Habit 5's principle.
What is Then Be Understood
Sean Covey is the son of this famous author.
What is Stephen R. Covey
Habit 5 is primarily about this skill.
What is listening/communicating
When you seek first to understand, you make this person feel this way.
What is understood
Empathic listening means listening with this, not just your ears.
What is your whole self
Covey compares the need to be understood to having enough of
What is air
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens was first published when
What is 1998
According to Habit 5, most people listen with the intent to do this, not to understand.
What is respond
Sean Covey describes this as the biggest communication problem jumping straight to giving solutions.
What is not listening
This type of listening uses 'you' statements to reflect feelings back to someone.
What is reflective listening
Covey says that once you truly listen to someone, they are more likely to do this in return
What is listen to you
Before writing the teens book, Sean Covey played this sport at BYU
What is football
Habit 5 teaches that you need to understand others before you can do this.
What is be understood / give advice
In the book, this metaphor of an eye doctor is used to explain seeking to understand first.
What is a doctor who prescribes glasses before examining your eyes
According to Covey, to listen empathically you must be willing to feel this person's point of view.
What is the other person
When you present your ideas clearly and honestly after listening, this is the Greek word Covey uses.
What is Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
What Ivy League School did Sean attend to get his Master of Business Administration
Harvard
Habit 5 falls into this broader category of the 7 Habits the 'public victory' habits.
What is interdependence
Covey says most communication training focuses on speaking and writing, but Habit 5 focuses on something else.
What is listening
Covey names these four responses that block real listening, name one
What is valuating, probing, advising, interpreting
Covey says 'then be understood' is about having the courage to do this.
What is share your own views respectfully
Sean Covey also wrote a book aimed at even younger readers, published in 2008.
The 7 Habits of Happy Kids