How Much Do You Have to Say When You Open Your Mouth?

A friend sent me a text a few weeks ago, she’d been reading different verses from the Bible and had several questions. My reply to her was 500 words long and included a personal story. It’s much longer than what I would write to someone in one of our online chats, at least in one go.

The best practice for our online chats is to keep answers conversational, and short, sharing a little at a time with questions in between. I say this from years of experience, I’ve seen this so many times; the conversation is going great, the Explorer is keen to understand, and then ‘bam’, the conversation is weighted with a lengthy response, and we never hear from them again regardless of how often we reach out.

I think many of us can tend to say too much or overshare in everyday life. I know I do it regularly, but not as much as I used to. I’m becoming more aware and learning to share small portions at a time and over time.

The more I connect with online chats the more it helps me to assess and make adjustments in how I communicate with the people around me every day. Something that I have learned is to listen and ask questions and when I’m speaking or giving answers, adjust how much I talk. I’m still a work in progress.

Have you taken time to consider this in the way that you communicate?

Love Morag and the Roaring Hope team