Listen to Understand

Sometimes listening is hard bc you don't really care or the speaker's way of relaying content and presentation is very boring.

Solid advice for as long as one can stand only listening. My experience is as mentioned in the post, people are egocentric and don't bother listening. That's why I stopped telling others how I feel or how things are after a while, and only superficially pay attention to them. Saves me some energy as well.