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It’s funny how we grow up believing that the smartest person in the room is the one who speaks the most. The one with the strongest opinions, the quickest answers, the loudest certainty. But anyone who has spent real time observing people eventually discovers the opposite: the real power is in listening.

There’s a reason God gave us one mouth and two ears. Maybe it was a hint. Maybe He was telling us that understanding should always come before speaking. But most of us spend our lives doing the reverse — talking twice as much, listening half as much, and wondering why our conversations feel shallow and our connections feel fragile.

Entrepreneurs, especially the ones who build trust easily, learn a different rhythm. They ask one open-ended question — “How’s life going?” — and then they do something most people can’t: they stay quiet. And in that quiet, people start to unfold. They talk about stress, fears, hopes, the small private battles they’ve been carrying alone. They reveal insights you could never have discovered by talking. They hand you the roadmap to understanding them… without you having to push.

And here’s the paradox: the more they talk, the more they think you are wise. Not because you dazzled them with knowledge, but because you made space for their truth. Listening gives them the rare experience of feeling seen — and people remember the ones who make them feel that way.

In a world full of noise, silence becomes your advantage. The person who listens isn’t quieter; they’re sharper, more aware, more trusted. Sometimes the most intelligent thing you can do is simply let someone else speak

“The person who listens holds the real power — not because they know more, but because they understand more.”