Networking Know-How

Daily Tips for moving careers forward

from Patti Hunt Dirlam 

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Speaking and the speed of thought


Here's an interesting fact: "Words are spoken at the rate of 90 to 200 words a minute; thinking happens four times that fast"! No wonder our minds wander and we communicate more and more by letting our fingers do the texting. If you want to improve your listening skills, you have to make an extra effort to pay attention, and not only to the main ideas being expressed and what types of words are being said. Just as important, what are the feelings, images and emotions behind them?

Want to learn more? Read my weekend blog.

 

Patti Dirlam
Hunt Dirlam Associates 

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