Active Listening to Education Goals - Essay Example

ME: I have noted that I am coming short of all my education goals
IG: What could be wrong with your studies? (Expansion)
ME: I think that peer pressure could be my main undoing. I usually hang out with my friend all the time even during the hours a have dedicated to personal studies
IG: Why is it so hard for you to resist the luring of your friends? (Expansion)
Me: Uhhhhhh! (Silence)
IG: You give the impression that you do not know how to stick to your priorities (Reflection)
ME: Maybe the blame is partly on me but also from other quarters.
IG: What exactly do you mean when you say that the blame may be from “other quarters”
(Clarification)
ME: I mean that my friends have a part to play in this. They can’t seem to leave me alone to
study. They keep popping up everywhere I go.
IG: Would you consider shedding more information on that? (Expansion)
ME: It’s okay. I think they find the stories and experiences I share with them very fascinating.
That’s why they always want me to be around.
IG: uh (Silence)
ME: I have always liked to be around my friends.
IG: So, you choose your friends at the expense of your studies? Is that the case with you? (Reflection)
ME: Not really.
IG: What happens with you, your friends, and your studies? (Clarification)
ME: I think I lack self-control. That is why I allow myself to be diverted away from my studies.
IG: That is quite a bold acknowledgment of the failure on your part. Would you mind saying more? (Expansion)
ME: It is fine with me; I have realized that I have to take an initiative and work to define my life for the sake of my future.
IG: That is quite a handful. What do you imply by saying “initiative?” (Clarification)
ME: I simply mean that I am obligated to control whatever happens in my life, especially in my studies.
IG: You seem very concerned, particularly about your academic performance. (Reflection)
ME: Exactly, that is the sole reason I am in school
IG: Good, you know where you are headed and you are taking caution all the way.
ME: Yes
In the course of active listening in a conversation with the inner Guide, I have learned that certain benefits accrue. They include in-depth scrutiny of the choices one makes.

From the experience I have gained in the above episode of conversing with an inner guide, I find it highly recommendable to all individuals who are willing to observe some positive levels of mental development. It is certainly a worthwhile exercise.