Do you ever have difficulty staying engaged in the conversation when another person is talking? That’s because your spare thinking time is causing you to drift off or daydream.
Spare thinking time means that you have the ability to think three-to-five times faster than the rate at which another person is talking. If you don’t take steps to control it, you can miss what is being said.
Control your spare thinking time by asking follow-up questions, paraphrasing, taking notes and leaning into the conversation with eye contact and nodding your head. These activities demonstrate to the person that is talking that you are listening.
Remember that people equate not listening to not caring.
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