10 part skill in listening

So the article that was presented to us was about the 10 parts of listening to become an effective listener. The article talks about how the different parts that we usually tend to do when we're listening and how we should change it. The 10 parts of listening is finding an are of interest in the article, judge content not delivery, hold your fire, listen for ideas, be flexible, work at listening, resist distractions, exercise your mind, keep your mind open, capitalize on thought speed. Each one of these might seem easy to do, but it is what we're constantly not doing, or not doing enough. It gives good examples of what we're doing wrong, and the correct way of fixing the problem. The article made me think that I do some of these things. There are many distractions that can be found in listening, but it is up to each person to try and fight the temptations so that we can fully comprehend the material being given. It is a good lesson for us to take with us because we all have a problem with listening in one or more form of what the author states.