You truly hit it on the nail with this one. I’m so aware of this because I’m in a position to know about this. I have to read every person’s lips when I communicate with them – therefore, I am literally forced to look at them in order to keep the conversation flowing.

Because of that, I’m acutely aware of what their eyes are doing and believe me, there’s nothing more disconcerting than having someone whose eyes start shifting the moment you open our mouth. I have a friend who does that. The moment it’s my turn to speak, she starts looking all over the room. It’s so annoying!

But I learned a neat trick with this one. The moment a person starts getting shifty eyes, I stop talking and wait calmly. Sooner or later they snap back into focus – sometimes silence is the best teacher.

Have you ever met Bill? It sounded as if you might have because you seemed to know that he is the type to give you laser sharp focus.

Finally, I can’t wait to meet you because the two of us will be so focused on each other’s conversation that no one will be able to break that concentration. What fun that’d be!

I really need to start sitting meditation again, that helped a lot, with many things.

Good article. Really hit home, and as you state, you often pay least attention to the ones closest to you.

I’ll be trying to pay more attention…consciously.

…and maybe this even works in a Social Media context too. If you pay full attention to your subject/audience/twitter conversations, your audience may appreciate it.