Want to become a more listened to speaker and a better listener to those that are speaking? Want to deeply change those that are nearest and dearest to your heart? Want to inspire your team of followers to take the hill, keep dialing for dollars, develop designs that delight, and separate you from your competition? Want your teenager to hear you every once in awhile? Want to be more consistently heard? Want a team to more consistently ACT on what you tell them?
Practice this, if that’s the case.
Only speak when people are moving toward you.
Period.
REAL. HARD. WORK.
Slow down and reflect. Write. Write out why this is true. Write out whom you are always chasing away with your words. Write out whom you yell toward because they are moving away from you. Write out who you listen to and why. Write out who has been a catalyst for your deep change and why. Write out why you are so desperate to be heard. Clarity will come. AND…
Only speak when people are moving toward you.
BUILT TO LEAD 
Toto. . . this is one of the wisest truths I’ve ever read.
Very timely for the holidays as many of us prepare for important & emotionally charged reunions with family and other loved ones.
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