Avoid Verbal Diarrhea…It smells bad

I found the perfect definition of “verbal diarrhea” in the Urban Dictionary

“A condition suffered by an individual who has the inability to shut the fuck up, I.e the words keep flowing.”

Mr. T says shut up when you can

Unfortunately some people just don’t know when to shut up.  Especially at work when you ask some people to sum up a case study in 5 minutes and they take 15; ask for 2 powerpoint slides and they give 10.  To effectively communicate an idea, you have to be quick and skillful.  Make every word count.  According to the University of Tennessee, the average attention spam is approximately 20 minutes.  I’m amazed it’s actually that high.

Companies spend millions on commercials connecting people to products in a matter of moments.

Advice: Shut up when you can.  Your audience will appreciate and the conversation will be the most beneficial for everyone.

Symptoms of this bad disease: people zoning out and saying “uh huh, uh huh……uh huh”, no questions, random farting, crickets chirping, people playing games on their iPhone, people preferring to speak through emails rather than on the phone.

Solution: ask yourself if the audience actually cares about your prolonged speech.  Chances are that they’ll pass you some toilet paper to clean your verbal diarrhea.

Tagged as: difficulty speaking, verbal diarrhea