Gyaan: The less we speak, the better
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It has come to my notice – albeit a little late – that the less we speak, the better we are perceived to be. My mom has always been saying it…but since she could never give me an example, I didn’t trust her. Today, I have an example.
I can.
The above sentence is powerful and is loaded with meaning. If I said that to my boss, he is bound to give me a double promotion and an Exceeds Expectations ranking.
I can deliver
The above sentence dilutes the power that I feel when I say “I can.” By adding ‘deliver’ I am adding a filter and the listener tends to think that I can only ‘deliver’. Whatever ‘deliver’ means.
I can deliver pizza
Now, the power has been further diluted by two filters - ‘deliver’ and ‘pizza’. “I can deliver” was definitely more powerful than “I can deliver pizza.”
I can deliver pizza for money
Now I am telling the listener exactly what I want him/her to listen…this is dangerous because I am leaving nothing to his/her imagination. In short, I am not making full use of my listener’s powers of imagination.
Moral of the Story: Speak less, start a blog and write more.
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Promotion I am not sure, but surely you’ll get double work.
best
you can write
you are right,but like everything else there is a flip side to the maxim. 18 years back I said “I do” where I should have said “I do not”. And I am still suffering (My wife too feels the same way).
Inspired
hahaha well said PRG
wrong one…looks like you are right. the last two days my boss gave me so much work that i didnt even have time to respond to the comments
Me…are you trying to cut down on what you write as well?
NK looks like you took the blog post to heart…
ha ha ha…”I can write!” Or “Right, I can!”
PRG my sympathies…BTW…i am yet to meet a man who doesn’t crib abt his wife just for the thrill of it.
Smini…you have to be a Malayali…nowhere else in the world do they come up with such creative names! And are u saying that the blog post was inspired by somebody else or are u saying that u were inspired by the blog post?
what abt consultants/advisors and doctors, jammy???
Jammy, Check this
http://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/indian-bloggers.html
see in homour section
Himani, i think consultants need to be excused from this rule. If you ask them to not ‘Talk’ how will they earn a living and bake bread at home?
As for Docs…i dont trust anybody who covers his face when he/she goes to work!!
Dear fan from Naachgaana.com, thanks. I had seen this sometime back…wonder why I am there coz what I write isn’t humor…i just document the lies i tell my colleagues on this blog.
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