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My wife once told me "no one wants to listen to you talk" when I was preparing to give a speech. It is obvious now, but I had never really thought about it. Her point wasn't that no one cares about what I have to say but that when I am done talking no one will think "I wish he would have talked longer."

When I interact with others, I try to spend most of my time understanding their viewpoint rather than talking at them about my viewpoint.