Attention Required! | Cloudflare
What most people call listening is actually called “waiting to talk.”
Eddie Yoon • Snow Leopard
In general, it’s not the pause we notice as much as the speaker’s reaction to her own pause. I’ve seen magnetic presenters make prolonged pauses look entirely deliberate.
Kristi Hedges • The Power of Presence: Unlock Your Potential to Influence and Engage Others
Silence quells anxiety, and it inspires deliberation.
Adam Alter • Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most
Don’t underestimate the power of thinking, your own and others. Don’t underestimate the power of listening, your own and others. Be willing to risk experimenting with listening even more and talking even less. Beautiful things will happen.