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Law Practice

Dec. 15, 2006

Hear! Hear! Listening Well Improves Legal Skills

FORUM COLUMN - By Karl Fleming - 'I may not be much, but I'm all I think about" is the self-mocking self-appraisal of a friend of mine who jocularly admits to not being much interested in what anyone else has to say, unless it redounds to his immediate benefit.

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By Karl Fleming
     
      'I may not be much, but I'm all I think about" is the self-mocking self-appraisal of a friend of mine who jocularly admits to not being much interested in what anyone else has to say, unless it redounds to his immediate benefit.
      "If I'm not talking," he says, "we're not having a conversation."
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