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When passivity gets mistaken for wisdom

My neighbor thanked me for being such a good listener but honestly I was just too tired to talk and zoned out most of the time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Others may interpret our internal absence as mindful presence, revealing how little true listening actually occurs.

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