Loud Ears

Work is a great place to observe people. I truly enjoy observing the way people behave in their work environments. The huge egos, the bloated sense of superiority and the urge to impress are some of the common facets of the human nature I have observed across all departments. It was the only factor that led me to enjoy those miserable hours at work. (there were some other trainees there too that helped me have a ball of a time but that will be some other time)
Oh, coming back to the title. I saw that the most intelligent people in all those meetings I did attend weren’t people who were expressing their opinions at all times possible but people who sat silently through the meetings without much of a participation. Had I not known better I would have easily assumed they were preoccupied and distracted but that isn’t the case with such peculiar people. The best way for you to impose yourself on someone is not by expressing what you think but by listening to what they are thinking. After all, you cant get your point across if you don’t know what stance the person in front of you holds and more importantly you need to play your hand according to the cards your opponents hold.
It’s an old concept that isn’t too easy to implement. Silence is golden, speech is silver. In my case though I realized that more often than not, the ears can be louder than the mouth…