Jiang argues that Talese's mother handled demanding wealthy clients by becoming their friend, which required listening rather than talking.
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Listening
Jiang argues that Talese's mother handled demanding wealthy clients by becoming their friend, which required listening rather than talking.
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Jiang defines exploration as curiosity toward people, shown by Talese's mother treating each client first and foremost as a friend and listening for hours.
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"...with these very wealthy people. And she would talk just by listening. Okay? So her strategy for this is that... I am interested in..."
"And so you can say that this is exploration. Curiosity. Okay? Exploration. But in the other room, the father would by himself sit and..."
"...of this stuff mean for the average person? You know, people listening right now, they're just normal people. A lot of them. Not all..."
"...this structure. It's really difficult, I think, for the average person listening now to understand and to accept the fact that they have believed..."
"...think? Yes, I do. And I'm just smiling because I remember listening to George Soros once explain his approach to how he made money..."
"...Oracle says that I must seize on Italy's noble land. His listening lots say, Italy. There lies my love, there lies my homeland now...."
"...the marketplace, okay? While you're making this vase, if you are listening to music, While you're making this vase, if you are listening to..."
"...grave obsessed they are more compliant more obedient okay they like listening to authority and that's why they do well in school but what..."
"...same way. Okay? He is alive in the scene. He is listening to Agamemnon. And his response is this. Why are you stealing from..."
"...what matters is not obey conventions, not, what matters is not listening to other people, conforming to other people."
"...all trying to learn together. So that's it. Thank you for listening to this video and I will see everyone next time."
"...army, and crush this revolution for me? Because my army's not listening to me. Okay? So the king is conspiring against the revolution. There..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
A source-grounded reading of literary journalism as a two-part discipline: exploration begins when a researcher can listen until a stranger becomes a friend; reflection begins when craft becomes patient pursuit of perfection.
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