Space Gluttons
Posted on January 22nd, 2012 by MichaelSpace gluttons are greedy when it comes to taking up too much space. In a meeting, the space glutton always takes up considerably more than his or her fair share of airtime. Space gluttons may suffer from output mania, the inability to shut-up.
Gathering input by listening to the opinions of others is an important cognitive skill which is crippled in the space glutton. PTV may allow the thinker to wreak such enthusiasm for his or her own ideas that he or she is quite unable to listen to others.
In business, much creativity and productivity is lost in meetings due to those suffering from this condition. This condition is disastrous for those in sales or in management.
January 22nd, 2012 at 10:01 pm
Yes while teaching public speaking skills for 30 years I still need to constantly remind myself and those I coach and train, that there are only four critical elements one must master to be a good speaker.
But the greatest communicators master five.
The fifth and by far the most important of all and the most difficult to teach is the ability to listen, yet the skill of listening will pay rewards that dwarf the so called speaking professionals .
It is so unusual, that when we are listened to by a masterful listener they resonates through every fiber of our being.
Those rare people don’t need to repeat word for word what we said, they do something far more important.
Attempting to put what they do in words, could never provide such a vital subject the justice it deserves.