<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Listening is active perception rather than polite... > Listening is active perception rather than polite silence. It tracks words, omissions, tone, timing, emotion, status, and the assumptions that make a sentence seem reasonable to the person speaking it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Listening and Power — Warm-Up to Awareness Is Power - Workbook|Listening and Power — Warm-Up to Awareness Is Power]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Listening is active perception rather than polite silence. It tracks words, omissions, tone, timing, emotion, status, and the assumptions that make a sentence seem reasonable to the person speaking it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-listening-active-perception-reasonable-person-speaking ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->