Communication

There is a conversation happening about you in every room you walk into. You are not part of it. Nobody announced it. Nobody agreed to have it. And by the time you open your mouth to introduce yourself or contribute something or make your case, that conversation is already over, and a conclusion has already…

I was in a meeting once where a man said very little. Not because he was shy. Not because he had nothing to contribute. He sat there for most of it, comfortable in a way that made everyone else in the room slightly uncomfortable, and when he finally spoke, the entire energy of the meeting…