selective listening in a sentence

Examples

1. In an interview, Bossidy ticked off reasons why captains of commerce, supposedly hard-nosed realists, often ignore reality : filtered information, selective listening, wishful thinking, emotional investments, fear, and a bias toward hearing good news . " Some CEOs surround themselves with people who think like they do, " Bossidy said . " Others don't want to face reality because they don't know what to do with it ."