2023-09-26 07:25:09
“We live in a world that not only encourages loquacity but practically demands it, where success is measured by how much attention we can attract: get a million followers onTwitter, become one influential person on Instagram, make a viral video, give a TED talk. We are flooded with podcasts, youtubers, social networks, chat applications, cable television. Did you know that there are more than 2 million podcasts that have produced 48 million episodes, and that half of those episodes have received fewer than 26 downloads? We tweet to tweet, we talk to talk“. Dan Lyons just published Shut Up: The Power of Keeping Your Mouth Shut (Captain Swing). The American journalist and screenwriter gives us his personal manual to “learn to shut your mouthan altar written to silence and to the difficult art of know how to listenwhich requires the mastery of keeping quiet,” he says. In a world full of noisesilence has become a priority for our mind. In a world where privacy It is not a value, people tell everything and that exposes us to a information overload at home, on the street, at work, on social networks, with friends…” In a world of incessant noise Dan Lyons says: shut up… more. Silence heals us: calms the mindeliminates the anxiety and change the irritability by positive attitude.
5 ways to benefit from silence
“I’ve been answering stupid and irritating questions all my life,” Ennio Morricone commented in an interview a few years ago.
“Know how to listen It is physiologically difficult. Our heads work too fastso we concentrated for a while, but then the restless brain begins to ramble – explains Lyons – Only ten percent of the population listens effectively. The curious thing is that the majority also believe that it is best listener than the average and that it is the others who need help.” The author proposes 5 ways to train ourselves in the art of silence. “Does it seem simple? It’s not, but learning to talk less, listen more and speak with intention can make you a better person healthy and happy“. And he adds: “The trick is to take it with calm. Instead of making one big change, start with many small ones.”
When possible, don’t say anything. The trick: “Use words like money and spend them wisely. Be Dirty Harry, not Jim Carrey,” explains Lyons.Master the power of pauses. The trick: “Imitate Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s court clerks who trained to wait two seconds before speaking. Respirad. Take a break. Let the other person process what you just said. Learn to harness the power of pauses.”Leave social media. “The first cousin of excessive talking is excessive tweeting (…) If you can’t stop, at least reduce,” says Lyons.Look for silence. “Noise makes us sick. Literally. Information overload leads us to a state of constant agitation and overstimulation (…) Disconnect. Distance yourself. Spend time without your cell phone. “Don’t read, don’t read, don’t watch, don’t listen,” she explains. Giving the brain a break activates the creativity and productivity.Learn to listen. Instead of listening, actively listen which “it means to block out everything else and pay brutal attention to what the other person says.”
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