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I thought I was a good listener.

Turns out, I was just waiting for my turn to talk.

And honestly… that realization hurt.

I sat down with Mr. Purvesh Sharma, a transformational communication course leader at Landmark Worldwide, and this conversation quietly dismantled everything I thought I knew about listening, connection, and being present with another human being.

What we call “listening” is often just noise in the background, judging, planning, defending, rehearsing.

Rarely presence. Rarely openness. Rarely courage.

Purvesh shares why most of us have never truly listened,not even to the people we love most and how that silent gap is where relationships slowly die.

One story stayed with me: a divorced couple attended his workshop, and by the end of the weekend, chose to remarry.

Not because they fixed each other.

But because, for the first time in years, they actually heard each other.

This isn’t about communication techniques.

It’s about dropping the armor.

Letting the mind soften.

And allowing another person to exist without interruption.

If your relationships feel stuck, your conversations feel empty, or your leadership feels performative, this conversation isn’t comfortable.

But it’s honest.

And sometimes, honesty is the beginning of real connection.

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