When someone talks over you, slow your speech and keep going, stay calm instead of raising your voice, and use their name to regain attention. These moves make you look composed while the interrupter looks unreasonable.
The next time that someone tries to talk over you in a conversation, here's what I want you to do. Number 1, slow down your words and don't stop talking. What you're doing is drawing a contrast between their raised voice trying to talk over you and your calm voice. And in that contrast, it exposes them as the less reasonable in the conversation and you more in control. That means number 2, you're going to resist the urge to outmatch their volume. When somebody else is talking over you and you try to talk back over them, it doesn't make you sound like you're in control. It It sound like you've lost it and now you're reaching for it again. It's the weaker position. Instead, keep your volume exactly the same. And number 3, if you need to be a little bit more forceful, use their name. Jefferson, I can't hear you when you talk over me. Jefferson, talking over me is not helpful. Use their name. It gets their attention. So try that and follow me.
