Quiet certainty carries farther than loud insecurity.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Volume tends to be inversely related to certainty. Someone genuinely settled has no reason to press, so they state their view once and let it sit, while insecurity repeats, emphasizes, and escalates. People read this accurately even when they could not articulate what they noticed.
Say the thing once, clearly, and stop. Resist the urge to add reinforcement when nobody immediately agrees. The restraint carries information that the extra sentences would have undone.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Do you speak louder when you feel less sure?
MORE IN COMMUNICATION & LANGUAGE
- Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
- Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
- Complaining about a teacher to other students changes nothing. Talking to the teacher sometimes changes everything.
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