Many people have the experience that when they speak, people don't listen to them. And why is that ? It's just because of our habits and There are a number of habits that we need to move away from so that we can speak powerfully to make change in world.
Gossip, speaking ill of somebody who's not present. Not a nice habit, and we know perfectly well the person gossiping, five minutes later, will be gossiping about us.
Judging, If you stop judging other people, you free yourself from being judged, and you can dance!
Negativity, You can fall into this. It's like a needle in a groove, As the groove gets deeper and deeper, the needle has a harder time getting out of the groove."
Lying, we don't want to listen to people we know are lying to us.
Dogmatism, the confusion of facts with opinions. When those two things get conflated, you're listening into the wind. You know, somebody is bombarding you with their opinions as if they were true. It's difficult to listen to that.
So here they are, seven deadly sins of speaking. These are things we need to avoid for a powerful and impressive speaking all the time.