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He asked about Junto\u2019s take on emotional intelligence, and specifically about model behaviors. One that I shared was generous listening: \u201cgiving\u201d ourselves to the other person when they\u2019re speaking with our eyes, ears, mind, and body.<\/p>\n
As I described generous listening, I shared that with the relative novelty of being with someone new after several months, and my self-indulgence of sitting on a comfy couch, I realized I was slumped and not \u201csquaring up.\u201d It\u2019s a term that describes aligning our shoulders, hips, and knees with another person in conversation.<\/p>\n
As I sat up, fixed my posture, and began to demonstrate, he predictably followed along. And as the conversation unfolded – again, predictably – I noticed we were both listening in a deeper way.<\/p>\n
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