A talker reflects on the difference between people who flood conversations with information and listeners who absorb it slowly. He's been married 30 years and says talkers need patience to let listeners process at their own pace.
Real brief example. Somebody that's a listener. People that— like, I'm not a listener. I just— I mean, I don't listen very well. I talk well, but I don't always listen very well. Ask my wife of 30-some years. So, there's listeners. When you notice somebody is a listener, it doesn't mean that they're out of touch. It doesn't mean they're not paying attention. It just means that they're absorbing information. There's nothing wrong with that. So, if you're someone like me that tends to flood people with information and I'm dealing with a listener type of person, I need to give them time to absorb. Check this out.
