How to Know if You're an Excessive Talker
Determining what qualifies as excessive talking is largely subjective. What one person may regard as "excessive," another may consider "outgoing." With that said, excessive talking is generally regarded as behavior that is outside the social norm or one that is inappropriate for the situation.
Signs of excessive talking include:
- Talking over others
- Monopolizing conversation
- Speaking at inappropriate times or places
- Oversharing information
- Speaking impulsively
- Fearing gaps in the conversation
- Speaking more than listening
- Changing or rerouting the conversation to what interests you
We can even learn something about "talking too much" from the likes of the notorious Machiavelli (diplomat, author, philosopher and historian from Florence, Italy, 1469-1527) who is infamous for his brutal political treatise THE PRINCE. In this video, without embracing everything he espouses, even he can teach us some valid points about the power of silence.
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