The Power of Silence

Let's begin life is loud chaotic and distracting it's filled to the brim with demanding mental and physical challenges you're swept up in a tidal wave of stress but successful people separate themselves from the noise and chaos, successful people understand the power of silence so here are seven ways that silence can change your life for the better.

Number one, thoughtful silence a moment of silence is a moment of thoughts well let's say your co-worker asks you for a favor they want you to drive all the way across town and deliver some documents they forgot to send when confronted with this question you may have a knee-jerk reaction and without thinking you might say sure no problem, but 10 seconds later you realize it is a problem. Suddenly you're pressed for time and overwhelmed by stress all because you answered without thinking a few seconds of silence can spare you from, these stressful scenarios instead of answering right away what if you took a moment to think about your schedule you, remember how much work you already have you tell your co-worker that you're too busy so they ask someone else instead and just like that a brief period of silence keeps your priorities, straight and your schedule clean that's why successful people pause whenever they need to they view silence as an opportunity to consider their options because every decision is worth a few moments of thought, now of course not everyone can silently analyze their problems you may feel so awkward that you can barely think straight before you're able to use these pauses constructively you have to overcome your fear of silence that's why many of the wealthiest and most influential people in the world are also the quietest number two persevering integrity a brief pause does more than simply give you time to think when you pause for a second a minute or an hour your decision becomes more careful and more decisive instead of doubting and second-guessing.

Decisive people mean what they say for example they consistently fulfill their promises so instead of saying yes to everything they only say yes to the commitments they intend to keep. People will respect you more because they trust you more when people trust you to follow through your word carries more weight that newfound sense of dependability works wonders in any relationship personal or professional your friends and partners will genuinely believe in the promises you make your bosses and co-workers will have faith in your ability to succeed something as simple as silence can strengthen your relationships and earn you the respect you deserve number three direct and concise talking a lot and saying a lot mean very different things have you met someone who rambles for 15 minutes without really saying anything many people feel compelled to talk constantly silence makes them nervous so they fill every blank space with gibberish and small talk.