One of the attributes of being a great fighter, relies on a person being a great active listener. Actively listening to someone is different from hearing someone and fighting against someone is different from being in a fight with them. In hearing another person, sound is just going in your ears, it is not a mental skill where you are weighing everything they are giving you. Active listening requires a different skill. In this, you act accordingly to what the person is telling you or suggesting and pay attention to all the small cues. An example of this is being aware of a person's tone of voice, eye contact, mannerisms, the flow of their speech, what they say, what they do not say, and being aware of their physical habits and how they change when certain matters are brought up. It is a mental attribute. If you are 100 percent present when you are with someone in conversation, you will be present to your adversary when they are launching an attack your way. You will use that day to day...