In conversations would you say you talk or listen more? I find I listen a lot and don't really say much unless I need to, once I get to know the person I'm a bit more talkative, how about you? š
Typically the talker being quite extroverted although I paradoxically have all sorts of friends telling me I'm a good listener.
I do shut up when others start talking and am self-aware enough to tell when I'm losing someone's interest, like I'm not going to keep going on and on if someone is reduced to saying things like, "Uh-huh, I see," that's my cue to start asking questions or change topics to someone that might engage them more.
Still, I'm a storyteller type. I like to tell people funny stories and get them to laugh. Also taught CompSci 101 and 102 in university and that's a pretty dry subject, so I had to learn to get people to laugh and engage their interest while delivering my lectures to avoid putting my students to sleep.
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The best one is one that can do both.
Know when to listen, and know when to talk
Depends where I am. If I am in a bike shop Its mutual as I am always open to learning something new, and people always give and take stories and bike details: if I am in line at a store I will chatter to pass the time. If people are open to it.
I'm more of a listener hands down, I'm intrigued by people's minds, and how they're feeling, and what they've been through! I think this is the empath in me. 😁
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I very much prefer to listen... but I can also talk a lot
it varies, and it depends on the moment, the person and the context...
there's a time for both, so I just go with that... whichever fits and is required It really depends; the more people I know, the more talker I am. But I still listen a lot...
Iām definitely a listener. Iām not very good at keeping conversations going.
My friends would all tell you I am a talker. I can be a listener when I have or want to be.
I'm much like you, some persons just need someone to listen to them.
Talker. I can listen perfectly well when required and I don't always have to talk, I just like it more.
Both at the right times is the needed option.
talk your ear off
I like to think I do both
It depends.
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Same as you.
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