LISTENING FOR WELL-BEING

Arun’s insights…provide a
unique perspective on collaborative solutions to address humanity’s greatest
challenges. —Ratan TataWalls have risen between nations and people of
different faiths and cultures. There is increasing violence against people
whom we do not approve—physical in the real world and verbal online. We are
unwilling to give people the dignity that they deserve when they are
different. We are losing our ability to listen to people who are not like us
even within the boundaries of our nations. The idea of democracy is in peril.
Meanwhile, global problems—climate change, depletion of shared resources,
persistent poverty and increasing inequalities—cry out for more urgent
solutions.Listening is a simple idea. Everyone—rich or poor, powerful or
weak, educated or uneducated—can listen to each other. In Listening for
Well-Being, Arun Maira shows us ways to use the power of listening. He
analyses the causes for the decline in listening and proposes solutions to
increase its depth in private and public discourse. Drawing from his
extensive experience as a leading strategist, Maira emphasizes that by
listening deeply, especially to people who are not like us, we can create a
more inclusive, just, harmonious and sustainable world for everyone.