Will Form 8655 Consultants 2024

The human voice is the instrument we all play. It is the most powerful sound in the world. Probably, it is the only one that can start a war or say "I love you." Yet, many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them. Why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world? What I'd like to suggest is that there are a number of habits that we need to move away from. I've assembled for your pleasure here seven deadly sins of speaking. I'm not pretending this is an exhaustive list, but these seven I think are pretty large. The habits that we can all fall into are first gossip - speaking ill of somebody who's not present. Not a nice habit, and we know perfectly well the person gossiping five minutes later will be gossiping about us. Second, judging - we know people who are like this in conversation and it's very hard to listen to somebody if you know that you're being judged and found wanting. At the same time, further negativity - you can fall into this. My mother, in the last years of her life, became very, very negative and it's hard to listen. I remember one day I said to her, "It's October the 1st today," and she said, "I know, it's dreadful." It's hard to listen when somebody's that negative. And another form of negativity - complaining. Well, this is the national art of the UK. It's our national sport. We complain about the weather, about sport, about politics, about everything. But actually, complaining is viral misery. It's not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world. Excuses - we've all met this guy, and maybe we've all been this guy. Some people have...