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“We spend roughly 60 percent of our communication time listening, but we’re not very good at it. We retain just 25 percent of what we hear.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
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“Birdsong is a sound which most people find reassuring. There is a reason for that. Over hundreds of thousands of years we’ve learned that when the birds are singing, things are safe. It’s when they stop you need to be worried.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
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“Sound is complex. There are many countervailing influences. It can be a bit like a bowl of spaghetti: sometimes you just have to eat it and see what happens.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
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“[Ocean surf] has the frequency of roughly 12 cycles per minute. And … 12 cycles per minute is [also] roughly the frequency of the breathing of a sleeping human. There is a deep resonance with being at rest.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
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“You are one-third as productive in open-plan offices as in quiet rooms.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: The 4 ways sound affects us
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“The world is now so noisy with this cacophony going on visually and auditorily, it’s just hard to listen; it’s tiring to listen.”
— Julian TreasureJulian Treasure: 5 ways to listen better
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