Stop Quacking like the Duck, Listen Like the Wise Owl
Speak Less, Listen More A wise old owl sat upon an oak; the more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke, the more he heard; why aren’t we like that wise old bird? E.H. Richards As a child I would often put my foot in my mouth due to my innocence and politically incorrect statements. One day I decided enough is enough and decided to keep my mouth shut. Once in a while, when I had something really powerful to say, a quote, a joke, a wisecrack, then only I would open my mouth. After few months I realized, all my relatives started saying, “See Amit is so wise, he speaks so less and whenever he speaks it is something worth listening.” I gained two advantages by speaking less; one is the reputation of being wise and secondly a loyal audience whenever I had something to say. It is rightly said, if speech is golden, silence is platinum. People generally tend to be good talkers and poor listeners. Probably we are sure of our own wisdom and doubt the wisdom of o...