It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.

Knowing things creates pressure to say them, and the impulse to contribute is usually about the contributor. Listening is the rarer move because it produces nothing visible and requires sitting with the possibility that your information is not needed just now. Wisdom gets defined by what it declines to do.

In your next meeting or difficult conversation, hold back the first thing you were going to say. Ask a question instead and let the answer run all the way out. You will learn something, and the other person will feel it, which is usually worth more than being right.