To be a good speaker one must first be a good listener.
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Right with you …. after all, selfishness always plays a role in the lack of listening.
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Very true.
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I agree. More people need to shut their mouths and open their ears when someone else is speaking. They might actually learn something! Myself included!
Ginger
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Oh, I think we are all guilty of it at one time or another.
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Yes!
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Thanks!
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You’re welcome!
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Much more important than talking. Introvert secret 😉
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It has always worked for me.
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Oh I heard what she said…often. But my wife just won’t let me get a word in sideways 😂 🤣
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Smart wife?
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She was just teaching me how to listen…but I kept trying to interrupt her 😂
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And that can be the hardest thing
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It really is
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Beth beat me to it!
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I keep saying it… Great minds!
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💕
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Oh so true, but not always easy for chatty folks like me.
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You understand my problem. There is a permanent mark on my tongue from me continually biting it.
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And there are so few.. Whole lotta’ knee jerk verbalists out there. 😏
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Knee-jerk verbalists… I love that!
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