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SILENCE IS GOLDEN!

10 Times You're Better Off Saying Nothing At All

1.    When the other side in a negotiation starts debating against itself.
Often your best move in that situation is to keep your mouth shut and simply stay out of their way.

2. When you've asked a question: wait for an answer

3. When the other side misunderstands (and you don't have a duty to talk).
You don't always have an obligation to correct someone else's mistakes.

4. When you don't have any idea what you're talking about.
You never have to fill a silence, especially when you don't have anything useful to fill it with. (In those cases, it's true: Everything you say may well in fact be used against you.)

5. When you need someone else to get the credit.
As President Harry S. Truman once said, you can accomplish just about anything if you don't care who gets the credit. Sometimes, that means staying quiet just long enough for someone else to think of your solution and propose it as his or her own.

6. When you are bragging, as opposed to sharing.

7. When your comment is more about you than the other person.

8. When you want someone else to grow.
Instead of leaping forward to answer a thoughtful question that you know the answer to, sometimes it makes sense to hold back and let others figure it out.

9. When you are clearly boring people.
Most of us can tell when we're holding court for an audience that simply couldn't care less. In that case, cut it short, wrap things up, and stop talking.

10. When you begin a speech.
Your silence holds your audience in suspense, in anticipation of your next utterance....

Source: yahoo.com

'SEGUN 'SONOWO
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