The Importance of Thinking Out Loud

There's a physiological connection between our hands and how fast we talk. When I'm with other people who speak fast and move their hands, it's all fine. But if I'm in a meeting with somebody who's slower, they think before they speak,. What I've learned to do is to interlock my fingers and to hold my hands still. And the strangest thing starts happening, which is I start speaking slower. It's because I can't move my hands. I actually speak slower. So this wonderful physiological connection has really helped me be heard and understood by people who think differently than I do. You have to tell people you're doing it in order for them to not over