No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

He did it (listened) as the world's most charming and magnetic people do, always asking the right question at the right time, never fidgeting or taking his eyes from the speaker's face, making the other guy feel like the most knowledgeable, brilliant, and intellectually savvy person on the planet.

No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.

An early sign of damaged hearing is temporary deafness after listening to loud music. This is known as the threshold shift and means you have damaged the cochlea in your ear so that your hearing takes time to revert to normal.

You may see all that is around you
But you may feel nothing at all.
So try and close your eyes so tight
And listen to the night time fall.