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the rarest person in any room, disguised as the quiet one
means A person who pays attention to what someone else is saying or to a sound, taking it in rather than just hearing it.
from Built from 'listen,' which goes back to Old English 'hlysnan,' meaning to pay attention or give ear — a cousin of 'hlystan' and tied to an old Germanic root for hearing. Add the '-er' that turns a verb into the one who does it, and you get the one who listens. That same ancient root, by the way, is thought to lie behind the now-archaic 'list' meaning 'to be pleased' or 'to listen,' a faint echo of when hearing and heeding were the same act.
- brain speed
- hears 3x faster than anyone speaks
- sales secret
- top closers talk less, listen more
- therapy core
- often just being heard is the cure
- radio era
- once meant a fan tuned to broadcasts
- power move
- silence pulls out what questions cannot
howard stern — radio personality with millions of devoted followers since 1980s, known for intensely engaged audience
npr audience — over 26 million weekly listeners in the us as of 2023
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