I am a better listener than talker - but that's partly because I believe rows are often caused by saying things you haven't thought through properly.
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Honestly, dialogue is a weird area for me. It just comes naturally; I know I'm quite good at it, but I can't actually tell you why or how in any detail.
Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
My mother was a listener. I'm a talker. I'm very comfortable talking.
A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.
In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.
It's nice when there's stuff in the middle of the table. That's when the best conversations start to happen.
People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.
I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.