Attention, the Rarest Gift

We live inside constant interruption. Notifications, tabs, half-heard conversations. Undivided attention has become rare — and rare things feel precious.

Much of the pull of a power dynamic is simply this: for a while, someone is entirely focused on you, and you are entirely focused on them. Nothing else competes.

This is also why listening deeply, in headphones, in a quiet room, can feel so absorbing. The world narrows to a single voice.

Give your attention fully, and you will find it returned to you multiplied.