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Noticing what everyone else was too busy talking to see.
means The ability to notice and understand things quickly and accurately, especially subtle details or underlying truths others miss.
from From 'perceptive,' tracing back to Latin 'percipere' — 'per-' (thoroughly) plus 'capere' (to seize or grasp). To perceive was literally to grab hold of something with the mind. The '-ness' tacked on later turns the quality into a noun — the state of being someone who thoroughly seizes what's in front of them, while everyone else is still reaching.
- not intelligence
- you can be sharp and still miss everything
- root word
- from latin percipere, to seize thoroughly
- trained not born
- improves with boredom and close attention
- social cost
- people resent being read correctly