🤫 Whisper #5: Tell me more
Tell me more about that...
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Whisper #5
Tell me more about that.
Active listening can open your mind and help you take in more ideas, allowing you to synthesize better solutions and produce better thoughts, ideas, and decisions.
But, the corporate world often seems to value talking over listening, and imposter syndrome can drive us to talk more than we listen.