The most important skill everyone needs

Let me start by saying this, if you were going on a job interview today, what would you say is the most important skill you would need? Is it writing, to create a knockout resume? Or perhaps salesmanship, after all, isn't that what you do on an interview, sell yourself? How about charisma? As a charismatic person, you are sure of getting the job and position of your choice, I guess.

Instead of that let's say you are going to spend your day recruiting, whether for business prospects or any other purposes. What skill would you need as a recruiter? Is it, discernment? An eye for talent? The ability to cast vision and get people excited? Or maybe it would be hard-nosed negotiation skills?

Or let's say that your job today was to supply new ideas for your organization. What qualities would you need? Creativity? Intelligence or good education? I am not saying that you don't need them but what i am asking is, what is the number one ability you would need?

Look here honey, no matter which one of those tasks mentioned above you were to take on today, you would need one skill over all others- more than talent, discernment or charm. It's this one skill that great leaders recognize as indispensable to their ability to influence others and succeed. By now I think you should have guessed what it is. But not to worry your pretty head, it is the ability to listen. Though not everyone is quick to learn the lesson of "importance of listening".