We are created by the almighty with a mouth and two ears. Does it make any sense or ring a bell!!!!
In school we were taught about three (03) monkeys of Mahatma Gandhi. I remember the picture our teacher showed to us, first monkey was covering the mouth, second one was covering the eyes and the third one was covering the ears. We were taught that we must not speak no evil like the monkey covering the mouth, see no evil like the monkey covering the eyes and hear no evil like the one covering the ears.
Later on with the help of #Google I came to know that “the inspiration for most monkey groups comes from a carving above the portico of a 17th century temple in Japan called the Nikko Toshogu Shrine which includes a carving of the three wise guardian monkeys in a representation of a sacred stable. In Japanese ‘don’t see, don’t hear and don’t speak’ (‘see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil’) is translated as ‘Mizaru, Kikazaru, Iwazaru’. (Ack.: Emil Schuttenhelm, https://oldcopper.org/special_topics/three_wise_monkeys.php)
The significance of our one mouth and two ears is that we should listen more and speak less. This belief was inculcated in our childhood by our parents and wise teachers which has helped in the present day job performance. But, many a times listening to certain rubbish talks in meetings/discussions mostly spoken by the #Introverts for proving themselves makes me remember the 3 monkeys, by alas, I could not cover my ears. It so happens that people like me who are normally #Extroverts, who opines only when asks for, misses out the opportunity to speak or express. Maybe, we need to take more initiative. But, for the direct words that we speak anguish others because we cannot use a lot of adjectives and limit ourselves to #less talk and more listen. So many a time, people like me lose out, gets hurts and also marked as inefficient until the leader tries to understand us and observe our on the job performance keenly.
The good encouraging aspect of adhering to our universal creation is that you #Google out to find the leadership traits, what one must do to become a good leader amongst various qualities one important quality that one needs to develop is to # “Listen More” or # Active Listening or be #Good Listeners or #Listening Effectively etc. . If you are a person who listens more but talk less, you may not be a great leader but in the long run you will have a # Fulfilling LIFE, both professionally and personally .
So, behave naturally, as you are being created, # Two Ears and a Mouth.