@Malcolm_Ocean @me_fafo @QiaochuYuan interesting... I have the opposite instinct- I listen without simultaneously planning my own reply and then formulate my thoughts after they've stopped talking... slows down the conversation with pauses but is less stressful. downside is w the ppl who never stop talking lol
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Reply · May 20, 2022@proetrie To do this, let go of the need to respond to every point, the desire to impress with clever retorts... Stop controlling the conversation…Reply · May 20, 2022@proetrie Pause the part of your brain that churns to identify and voice a witty reply... Just absorb what the other person is saying, don't formulate…Reply · Aug 25, 2022@exuberic Sigh yeah this definitely happens… I instinctively go silent as soon as interrupted, have found that other ppl will tell the interrupter to…Tweet · Apr 4, 2024long pauses in conversation means it is either going extremely well or extremely poorly