How to Stop Oversharing
9 Jan 2025 · 1 min
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In this brief instructional video, speaker Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, presents three concrete strategies to prevent oversharing in conversations. First, she advises matching the amount of time you speak to the time the other person has spoken, aiming for a 1:1 balance. Second, she recommends setting a mental limit of about three to four sentences per response, using sentence count as a proxy for word count. Third, she suggests monitoring listener cues—such as boredom, lack of eye contact—and interrupting yourself by asking a question, which forces a pause and re‑engages the listener. The overall message is to be mindful of conversational equity, brevity, and audience engagement to avoid dominating dialogue.
