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Mon 8 Dec, 2014 12:59 pm
I've come to think it's a lost art. These days everyone has an opinion and will fight to the death to speak it. But what happened to the idea of sitting quietly for a moment and listening to the other guy's point of view and digesting it before you speak?
@Banana Breath,
It's nothing new. G.I.Gurdjieff developed his "system" on the basis that we have an inability to focus.
Quite a common experience by those who indulge in joke swapping sessions is that they go away remembering their own jokes.
Trying to keep quiet in a serious conversation is necessary so that you can give that person a good opinion that s/he might consider after the talk. People should know when to shut up and give the floor to others.
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