Jilian Treasure's TED TALKS video

             I believe the main message of Julian Treasure's video is that people need to learn to listen and not just hear.  Really listening creates understanding. Without understanding there is miscommunication and this causes chaos in the world. It is not going to help any situation whether it is personal issues, communicating in your job, or communicating with issues worldwide. Also how listening should be talked about in schools because it is a skill that leads to the rest of learning.
        I agree with Julian, he studies listening and it's his life. Like he stated in the video he doesn't expect everyone  to be as extreme as he is but he wants us to walk away with more awareness of how we listen and how we can improve our listening. Also with the fact that we need to implement listening in our schools to teach children how to be a better listeners to be able to be better learners. This should be talked about before and during he learning process to help improve it. If we can get the kids to start with this the chances of it staying with them is much higher.
       The exercise I tried of Julian's was the one to sit 3 minutes in silence. It was weird at first I was just sitting in my living room, I started noticing  little sounds never really noticed. My fire place was on and the flame was clear and constant. I could hear a bird chirping out side that previously I didn't even hear or knew all morning it was out there. I realized after a while my mind started to wander and try to think and worry about things I need to get done. But I stopped and just told myself to stop thinking about other things and just be mindful and focus on just listening. Which was hard, my mind is always going a million miles a minute. But as it went on I found it relaxing and just to be quiet, not have background noise, and just be in the moment.
        I know I will use what I have learned in my everyday life. One thing I realised I do also from the learning plan videos is that in conversations while the other person is talking I'm thinking of my response and what I want to say when they are done. I need to stop this. I need to just give my full attention to the speaker, listen to everything, and let them finish. Then I can think of what I want to say after I have fully let them speak and express what they are thinking.  I know its not something that I automatically will do but it be something I have to work hard at. But I know its worth it to improve my own skills and make me a better listener.