Research, Really.

November 6, 2007 by
Filed under: Lessons Learned 

For the most part, I live a quiet life. It’s always something of a culture shock when I visit my sister and her sons. I’m not in touch with how kids live these days. So, to get in the groove of how people talk and what matters, my husband and I will head out to the local. It’s educational, really. What I find most enlightening is listening to how guys talk to each other. You see, I work in an office dominated by females. I know very well how catty women can be, but how men relate on a day-to-day basis eludes me. Hence the visits to the pub.

More than anything else it has taught me to listen. What a marvelous revelation it is to realize you’re really listening. I can compare it to the day I realized I was experiencing color. When I’m not writing, I am painting. This particular day I remember looking at a stand of trees and realizing for what seemed like the first time in my life the varied shades of green. Green wasn’t just green anymore. It was forest green, cobalt green, undersea green, sap green, emerald green, and more. That’s how it felt to know I was listening, really paying attention to how people interact on a daily basis. And let me tell you, it was every bit as exciting.

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