I want to impart my knowledge. I need to say something. I’m well read, clever, and can talk. What a dangerous combination. My brother used to ask me “why do you always have to fill silence with your voice”. When he first said it, I saw it as a badge of honour. I assumed the quiet had nothing to say. I also assumed the quiet weren’t thinking at all. Speaking is often just another impulse. It’s the verbalisation of unfiltered thought. Sometimes it’s not even a thought. Sometimes it’s a verbalisation of ego. Leaving things unsaid is good training to tame the sub conscious. But it’s also the right thing to do. Silence allows the others to speak and think. As a leader, the silence of the leader is powerful than a speech. Silence is action. Silence is a confident statement to say: ‘“I trust you and my team” I’ll keep my voice for when I’m being asked for an opinion.
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