The Unspoken Power: Mastering Silence as the Second Essential Skill for Growth

So now that we’ve established the most important skill nobody taught you was solitude, what’s the second most important skill again that nobody teaches? Silence.

Silence is powerful because it puts you in control of the conversation ironically. Watch what happens when you become silent while someone’s talking. Often the other person will become calm, knowing that you’re now listening, and tell you what really matters.

The ego likes to blurred out, so silence protects you from that.

Silence lets you hear what your ego is about to say, correct it, and then deliver an eloquent line.

If you’re in a meeting, beware of the silent ones in the room. They’re the smart ones, watching, listening, absorbing what’s happening. And when they do speak, it’s usually just a few sentences, but they’re very impactful and very powerful.

Keanu Reeves is known to be the silent type. One time during an interview, he was asked, what do you think happens when we die? And he literally took a full 72 seconds to answer. And when he did, it was just one sentence: “I know the people who love us will miss us.”

100% accurate, 100% true and powerful, all brought to you by silence.

Like in our first part, silence will let you hear the water even when it’s frozen.

The trees even when they’re just silhouettes.

And the sky even when it’s just quiet.

And silence puts us in touch with our inner world and in touch with nature.

And just imagine how much energy we gain by not talking too much, but by listening, absorbing those echoes of silence.

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