This might sound simple.
But I think it’s rare.
Letting someone finish what they are saying.
No interruption.
No rushing.
No turning the topic back to yourself.
Just listening.
I didn’t think much about this before. It felt normal to jump into conversations, to respond quickly, to share my own thoughts.
Everyone does it.
But then I started noticing the people who don’t interrupt.
And also… the people who get interrupted the most.
There’s a pattern there.
Usually, it’s the softer voices.
The ones who don’t fight to be heard.
One small moment changed how I see this. A woman tried to share something in a gathering. She wasn’t confident, but she tried.
She didn’t even get to finish.
Conversation moved on.
She didn’t try again.
That moment was small… but it stayed.
Because I realized something — confidence is not something people magically have.
It grows when it’s allowed to grow.
And something as simple as listening can either build it… or quietly destroy it.
Now I try — not always successfully — but I try to stop myself from interrupting.
To give space.
Because sometimes the most powerful thing you can say in a conversation is nothing at all.
Just listening.