Sorry Not Sorry
Women at Work
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Women Use Too Many Words in Meetings
I've noticed that sometimes a woman in speaking will use a lot of, I think of it as sort of throat clearing language. And then also a lot of filler words. So in meetings, I get the feeling sometimes that women do this in order to prevent interruption. It's a way of trying to hold the floor because we have so often experienced being interrupted that we fear the interruption and we would prefer to sort of stammer on rather than be prepared to deal with the interruption and say, excuse me, I'm still speaking here. The other thing is it can be incomplete preparation. Jack: Do you want to know what's trending now?
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