Your powers of perception may be heightened by your careful listening style today. As people approach you to share their thoughts and feelings, you may quickly realize that they are not conveying all that is on their minds. Your ability to read between the lines in conversation can help you prevent misunderstandings by enabling you to uncover what it is others are holding back. If you are unsure as to how to accomplish this, try to observe your partners in dialogue more intently today so that you can make note of the nonverbal cues they project as you talk. They will likely reveal quite a bit in their bodies and voices.

We can gain a wider range of insight at home and at work by taking note of the gestures and attitudes of those we talk to instead of listening only to their words. There are many reasons people consciously or unconsciously hold back information in the course of a conversation, yet more often than not their manner of speaking, tone of voice, and posture will give away much of what went unrevealed in their speech. Listening perceptively is a matter of recognizing this and adjusting our listening habits to account for the usual discrepancies. In this way, we can be sensitive to others' vulnerabilities without allowing their personal issues to interfere with our ability to obtain the information that we need. You will have little trouble understanding the message the people around you wish to convey today when speech is not the only factor you take into consideration.