#25: Don't speak too fast
Effective communication depends greatly on getting and listening to feedback. So here is some feedback from my listeners, feedback that we can all use: Slow down, you speak too fast.
Speaking too fast is a common mistake. We know that we can listen faster than a speaker can speak, and so when it is our turn to speak, we speed up. We also speed up because we know that a listener tends to listen ahead by completing our sentences, often incorrectly.
I have also been told that my funny accent is even more reason for me to slow down. Which reminds me, for globalization to work, all of us should speak slower, even as communication tools speed up.
But then, some of us talk fast so that we don’t forget what we wanted to say.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2006 James Henry McIntosh
Speaking too fast is a common mistake. We know that we can listen faster than a speaker can speak, and so when it is our turn to speak, we speed up. We also speed up because we know that a listener tends to listen ahead by completing our sentences, often incorrectly.
I have also been told that my funny accent is even more reason for me to slow down. Which reminds me, for globalization to work, all of us should speak slower, even as communication tools speed up.
But then, some of us talk fast so that we don’t forget what we wanted to say.
I’m james@nonsenseatwork.com
Copyright: 2006 James Henry McIntosh
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