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# Listening Skill and Rules Of Future Forecasting
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/listening-skill-and-rules-of-future-forecasting/
- Published: 2006-06-10T11:32:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:34.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Shows, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

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**Segment 1: Listening Skills**

Listening is just, if not more important, than speaking. To re-learn the skill of listening, try these exercises.

- Close your eyes and listen to the TV. What do you hear? What do you hear that you normally wouldn’t notice if you were watching?
- Get away from the noise and re-adjust your personal noise filters
- Listen with your eyes. What for the visual clues such as hand movement and body language
- In meetings, learn to talk less
- Practice interviewing and facilitating conversations of others
- Record and take notes in a meeting. Re-listen to the recording. What did you miss?
- Eavesdrop on a conversation. What did you hear that showed good or poor listening skills?
- Final ‘model’ listeners. Ask them how they do it?
- Teach your kids how to listen.

**Segment 2: Rules of Future Forcasting**

Based on the rules shared by Paul Saffo with the Institute of the Futures.

- Rule 1: Know when not to make a forecast
- Rule 2: Overnight successes come out of twenty years of failure
- Rule 3: Look back twice as far as forward
- Rule 4: Hunt for weak signals
- Rule 5: Be indifferent
- Rule 6: Tell a story
- Rule 7: Prove yourself wrong

**Segment 3: Killer Question Of The Week**

**Segment 4: Closing Thoughts**

*“You can either take action or you can hang back and hope for a miracle. Miracles are great but they are so unpredictable.”*

Pater Druker

**Music**: provided by Luigi Cappel. The name of the song is “**Telephone Card**”