Listen and you are irresistible

Hm ..., your inner monologue runs and runs and your ears are at half-mast. The thoughts are rattling. Opinions tumble over each other, information is exchanged and left somewhere along the way.

What exactly are you doing when you listen? Where is your attention? Are you just giving the other person time to talk or are you actually listening? Are you already thinking about what you are going to say while your counterpart is still talking? Or do you already know what you are going to say? Actually, you know better anyway? Or do you not understand what your counterpart is trying to tell you?

No, not you. You are the attentive listener. How do you do that? We practise. And ... you are irresistible.