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# Active listening should increase mutual...
> Active listening should increase mutual intelligibility, not disguise a demand for compliance. The listener owes presence and accuracy; agreement remains a separate decision.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power - Workbook|Awareness, Language, and the Practice of Personal Power]]
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“Active listening should increase mutual intelligibility, not disguise a demand for compliance. The listener owes presence and accuracy; agreement remains a separate decision.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-active-listening-should-remains-separate-decision
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