13203: “Listen” Is “Silent” Spelled Sideways

Raw transcript:

I have a constant challenge in life I
talk too much luckily I talk for a
living so that’s good but one of the
things that I am constantly challenged
by is attentive and involved listening
and an old commercial from when I was a
kid recently popped up for me as a
memory that is actually helping me
remember to be an active listener and I
want to share that with you and this
sort of sideways approach to things in
this episode of the vo Heroes
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podcast there was a commercial when I
was growing up for
Libby’s kids TV dinners and the jingle
went when it says libes libes libes on
the label label label you will like it
like it like it on your table table
table okay so that was the adult set of
commercials for them they had a kids set
of commercials with a
character named Libby the kid now bear
with me on this cuz I’m going to tie
this all together uh Billy the Kid was a
famous Outlaw here in the United States
and Libby the kid was the character that
they use to promote the Libby’s kids s
and they would say in the commercials
that’s okay Libby is Billy spelled
sideways now what does this have to do
with listening all right listen
is
silent spelled
sideways I’ll give you a moment to
rearrange the characters in the word the
letters and the word so you know what
I’m talking about it ties in for me and
it’s it’s a it’s a nice little
Touchstone for me because it helps me
remember that even though I have this
urge to give you my feedback this urge
to join in the conversation this urge to
tell you what I think about what you’re
saying I’ve been I’ve been uh
signaled and I have been
reminded again and again and
again that being quiet being silent and
listening is a a Hallmark of of of good
manners of uh you know being polite but
also being
effective when you’re trying to better
your life and better the lives of others
listening can be so much more productive
than speaking and it’s hard for me it’s
really it’s a challenge that I have all
the time so listen is silent spelled
sideways has become something that pops
into my head every so often it’s almost
an earworm for me it’s almost like one
of those songs I can’t get out of my
head and I don’t know maybe it’s
something for you I I’m just sharing it
with you in case it’s something that
might be
useful and it also makes for a really
good headline for for a podcast episode
so there it is tell me in the comments
below if this like hit home for you um
if maybe you have a challenge or maybe
you have a challenge on the opposite
direction where you’re afraid to speak
up in a conversation or when somebody is
asking you for
feedback um it’s just something that’s
been useful in both directions for me so
uh let me know in the comments Below on
vooh heroes.com that’s where the
conversation is nice and polite and
people listen they don’t interrupt you
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uh I’m David H Lawrence 17 thank you so
much for watching and for listening and
I will see you in the next episode of
the vo Heroes podcast
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