The best listeners talk the least and remember the most.

Attention is a limited supply, and most of it goes on waiting for your turn. Someone not planning their own next line has the whole of it free, which is why they come away holding the details: your sister’s name, the thing you were nervous about last month. Remembering is not a talent. It is what happens when you were genuinely there.

Try one conversation this week where you do not plan what you will say. Ask a second question about the same thing instead of changing the subject. Afterwards, note one detail you want to keep, and bring it up next time.