Sound or Stupid?
We’ve All Been There. We Know This Guy. We’ve Seen Her In Action.
In a small group and one-on-one. Here it comes. They ramble about nothing. Unimportant, inane, twitchy, braggadocios, boring, a bigger-story story. Sigh. The person has nothing to say, and sez it anyway.
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. ~Abraham Lincoln
I’ve done it. Yeah. Recently. Plenty in the past too. Probably do it again. But I don’t want to be that “guy”. So here’s what I tell myself. I’m sharing it with you. Check it out and let me know if it’s sound, or, stupid.
What To “Say”, When You Have NOTHING TO SAY.
Here’s what I hope my Jiminey Cricket whispers into my left ear, I’m tempted to talk about nothing….
The Beginning…
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listen
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only ask questions
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think. breathe. relax. listen.
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be interested, not interesting
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Don’t say anything if you don’t have anything to say. Please. Listen hard. Be quiet. Only ask questions.
…The End
If You Don’t Have Anything To Say, Don’t. Shhh.
It’s a really simple concept to grasp, but hard to do. If you catch me yammering, call me on it.
So, Sound or Stupid?
Cheers and thanks for reading.
