I think I have a listening problem.  I've been noticing lately that my mind wanders during conversations.  Just yesterday, I was talking to a guy I work with.  I asked him a question about a project, and about two minutes into his explanation, I realized I hadn't heard anything he said.  I was off in my own little world, thinking about rainbows and unicorns or whatever it is I normally think about.  I had to rely on my "keen intellect" to put together the pieces of his explanation based on what he was currently saying.  Then I faked my way through the rest by pretending to know what he was talking about.  Life would be a little easier if I actually listened to what people were saying instead of just pretending to listen. 

"Not talking" doesn't mean "listening".