Being not immune to culture, I saw recent articles about the Solid Snake active listening; more accurately “Aizuchi“. Being a generally poor listener, I decided to give it a shot!

I’d say it works well! At the very least it gets me to pay enough attention to where I can even offer an interjection. Normally I’m just waiting to talk, but this turns that on its head enough to make a difference in how i converse. Kinda neat!

Anyone else tried this or similar?

https://web.archive.org/web/20250925045309/https://www.upworthy.com/solid-snake-active-listening-tips-ex1