The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

O.K. covers another important topic today. Listening to retain and understand is hard work.

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Greetings and Welcome to The 405 Coffee Break with O.K. Solberg

New episodes tend to air over the local KMMR radio station @ 5 minutes past 4PM each M-F. And have been doing so, nearly every week since Sept 2018.

I'm D.J. Rasmussen, O.K.s friend since junior high, possibly your neighbor & this websites maintainer, whom strives to get each episode's show notes written, the transcript proofed and the audio posted to the internet within a few hours of that days KMMR air time. NOTE: recently been publishing most new releases by 4:30PM.

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OK Solberg:

I want to again welcome you to The 04:05 Coffee Break. Guys, get your cup of coffee, glass iced tea, or bottled water. Let's see what's happening.

OK Solberg:

Spring wheat $6.09 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $5.05 on the top end, and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings $3.10 to $3.20 a pound. But guys there's more, much more.

OK Solberg:

Okay, class. Okay, class. All heads looking forward. If you look towards the front of the room, you'll see what I have written at the top of the blackboard. Say it with me now. Did you read it to get done, or did you read it to understand?

OK Solberg:

Okay, guys. I wrote that the other day, and I thought how often I myself had read something just to get done. Well, say for an example, a book in high school for English class, of course, or I didn't read it at all.

OK Solberg:

But what about this? Currently, what about a devotional that I know I should read, but my heart just wasn't in it so I read it to get done? How often have you read something just to get done? But with that being said, how often are we in a conversation with friends and we're remaining quiet just to let them get done? Let them get done so we have our turn at telling the story.

OK Solberg:

Yep. Guys, in both cases, we're not listening or reading to retain. We put the old transmission into neutral so we can coast for a while and wait our turn to drop it low and squeal our tires. Now I thought about that a lot. See, as I grow older, I certainly wish that I had read to retain and listened to retain.

OK Solberg:

Now I'm focusing on that aspect. I truly am. Now guys there are people that get a master's degree, but if they don't listen to retain or read to retain after they get out, there could be an 8th grade graduate that is in tune more with understanding than they are. What I'm trying to say is this, the best school to attend can be found anywhere in the world for everyone in the world, and its tuition is $0.00. The school I'm referring to is the school of life.

OK Solberg:

Now if you know me, I search ideas online to see if I'm all wet or maybe I'm onto something. So listen to what I found online. The article says, and I quote, whether you read or listen to get done or to understand often determines what you actually carry forward.

OK Solberg:

Documented research in educational and cognitive science consistently shows that people learn more deeply when they process information for meaning rather than only to complete a task. Approaches that emphasize comprehension such as asking questions, connecting new ideas to prior knowledge, and summarizing in your own words support stronger long term recall than strategies built solely on speed or memorization.

OK Solberg:

In early day conversations, the same principle holds. When we listen with intention understand, we're more likely to accurately interpret what's being said, notice nuance, and respond thoughtfully rather than merely waiting for our chance to speak.

OK Solberg:

That intentional listening is not passive. It's active learning in real time. This is the promise behind what many call the school of life, not a place you enroll, not a place you enroll for a fee, but a practice you return to continually anywhere for anyone.

OK Solberg:

The tuition the tuition, though, takes effort. I paused there. The tuition, though, takes effort. The discipline of slowing down enough to grasp meaning and then using that understanding to improve the next interaction, the next decision, and the next relationship. End of quote.

OK Solberg:

Now this subject matter may not be as interesting to you as a 1969 GTO or a better way of quilting or it might not be as interesting as local Phillips County history. But the article hit upon the snag, the glitch, the obstacle that we all should know. Did you hear it? The tuition though takes effort. Okay.

OK Solberg:

Boy, did they say a mouthful there. Effort. Guys, listening to retain and understand is hard work. In fact, it can be more challenging to some people than running a three mile race. Listening takes effort And sometimes it's easier to shift into neutral and coast.

OK Solberg:

I know because I find myself doing it at times, but I'm striving to get better. This episode was brought to you by how many of you out there listen to retain and understand. If you do, you know it's hard work because it takes effort, but you also know it's well worth the effort.

OK Solberg:

Even Jesus focused often on this concept. Listen from Mark 4:9 Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear. Mark 4:9.

OK Solberg:

Listening and to retain his hard work. Someone might say, I sure like Vince Scully's voice broadcasting an old baseball game. I don't know what he said, but he sure sounded good.

OK Solberg:

So until next time, as you go out there, remember now, don't be bitter.