In a loud group, the person who waits for a pause and then speaks clearly gets heard more than the loudest one.

STILLNESS

WHAT THIS MEANS

Volume competes; placement does not. In a noisy group, everyone talking over each other cancels out, and a clear sentence dropped into a gap arrives with nothing in front of it. You do not need more force, only better timing and something worth the gap.

Try it once this week, in a group chat or at a table. Wait for the lull, say one thing plainly, then stop. If you get talked over anyway, wait and say the same thing again in the next pause. People hear the second one.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

When did waiting for a pause get you actually heard?

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