584 Noise Cancelling

We have splendid technology to shut noise out and enable us to concentrate on listening to music. In work life as well as social life we find it difficult to distinguish the real tone that we should hear from the noise to which we should not pay attention. At first I had uneasy feelings to the idea of defining someone else's comments or opinion as "noise" (which sounds really rude), but the fact is we sometimes (very often) cannot listen to everyone's voices. Having been involved in tons of business meetings or discussions, I see there's a truth in it and sometimes we have to shut down irrelevant, less essential points in order to manage, proceed, improve and evaluate our business. In social life it's more challenging to apply this method, as you cannot just turn down what is said by your family or friends. You might be more likely to take them into account, or at least you might pretend to do so. Nevertheless you had better try to grip what is essential and is a key value in your daily life.

However, a difference lies between music and conversation around you. In listening to music you can just shut off the noise and enjoy, In either business or social conversation you don't have to listen to the noise, but you should pay attention to the fact that you have noise out there and even if it looks quiet it doesn't meat there's nothing. That scope of recognition leads you to get some insight to what's behind the argument and might help you afterwards.