communications

Have you ever noticed how some people can talk for an hour and say nothing. On the other hand, I have met people who say very little and I feel I know exactly what they mean. Maybe it is an illusion that I understand them because they have not said a bunch of nervous confusing crap to get me off track from their true meaning. I am guilty of both these but I probably say too much 90% of the time. One mistake we make is thinking that the person takes in info in the same way as they put it out and this is obvious to me to not be the case.

If someone talks slow and says little one might get the impression that this person is slow or does not get it. I am amazed how often I find, after getting to know them, that I was wrong. Rarely is there a person who talks a blue steak and listens with the same efficiency. It is my observation that it takes a lot more brain power (RAM) to talk than it does to listen. The student who learns the most is the one who says the least. The one time this does not matter is when the person is only capable or willing to absorb 5% of a lesson so 95% small talk is fine. I would call this a serious learning disability. These people......who say........two or three words.......at a time.........with long gaps.......in between.......are so.......annoying. My reason for mentioning it here is not to put down half the people in the world, but to try and make a conclusion as to what this says about the way they think or listen.

Communications