The person who interrupts the most isn’t winning. They’re just missing more.

Cutting in feels like winning and is mostly expensive. Every sentence you talk over is information you now do not have, which means you end up arguing against a version of their point that you assembled yourself. People read it as nerves, too, since whoever cannot wait tends to look less sure than whoever can.

Count to one after somebody stops this week before you start. In a group, notice how often you are the one entering, and let two other people go ahead of you. You may be surprised what was sitting in the part you kept missing.