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Law Practice

Sep. 21, 2023

Listening is a dilapidated lawyer skill that actors can revive

It will shock you at how different your relationship is with your client when they know you are actually listening to them. That you really care about what they are saying more than what you are saying.

Katherine James

Founder
ACT of Communication

Author of "Harvesting Witnesses' Stories."

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"I n life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way."

Konstantin Stanislavski,
Father of modern acting

"Great acting is about listening to what they are s...

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