# Deep Listening Preserves the Freedom to Disagree by Bryant McGill > “Listening in its fullest sense is total awareness. Beyond nodding and reflecting phrases back, deep listening takes in tone, hesitation, posture, and the words between the words. Genuine listening increases how accurately another mind is understood while preserving the listener's freedom to question and disagree.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream (Mar 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream|Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. - **Conceptual context:** Attentive reception improves the model one person forms of another and can signal affiliation, dignity, and relational investment beyond the informational content of speech. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity|Analog Cognition and the Architecture of Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems|Humans and AIs as Entangled Learning Systems]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream|Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Deep Listening|Deep Listening]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Listening in its fullest sense is total awareness. Beyond nodding and reflecting phrases back, deep listening takes in tone, hesitation, posture, and the words between the words. Genuine listening increases how accurately another mind is understood while preserving the listener's freedom to question and disagree.” — Bryant McGill, Awareness Is Power When You Learn to Hold Your Ground - Livestream (Mar 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-deep-listening-freedom-disagree ```