Yes. My conversation & listening skills were abysmal for various reasons. In my 20s I've tried very hard to become a better listener. This has led to:

1. meeting my wife

2. befriending great people

3. Probably a big factor getting my first engineering job

The "trick", at least for me, is to genuinely care about people when talking to them. It's tough at the start, just like trying to use atrophied muscles for the first time. For a while being caring absolutely drained me, but you do get better at it apparently.