Friday, April 3, 2009

Does Talking Out Loud Help You Think?

Talking out loud takes courage. Weather you are an business mom our an executive of a company and every time you open your mouth you’ll feel like your putting your ego and reputation and ego on the line. Or if you are the executive you may be putting your there too.

tough. This is why executives make the big bucks (no matter how large or small you may think of them) The only way people know what you want and what you want the organization to achieve is to say it. We can say it over and over again till we bored our self to tears.

But if you’re an mom, or executive, the way kids will believe you mean what you say is if you keep saying it – and then ensure that your actions and your management group’s actions are all in alignment with those words.

So start talking out loud about what you think and you want. And then ask “How do we get there? What do you think? And listen hard to the answers.

Eventually, you’ll find that you have to do the least talking of anyone. Your vision for your organization will be achieved and exceeded everyday. Because you talked out loud and made it happen one word at a time.

Talking to yourself can be a habit for some people they can also use it to keep them selves organized, stay focused, and to remind themselves what to do next.

Others may talk out loud when they feel lonely. “ Often people will reflect with comments like “great Jog”, or “that was really stupid”.

And who doesn’t talk to the radio to the TV once in a while?

On the other hand talking to oneself can indeed be a manifestation of mental illness. Some people with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia may lose touch with reality and experience auditory hallucinations of vices. They feel compelled to respond to “ their” voices and even carry on extensive conversations. It’s not unusual in downtown area of big cities to see homeless people, quite oblivious to their surroundings, conversing earnestly when no one else in nearby.

When people seem to carry a conversation these days with them selves these days, however, it most often means they have a Bluetooth earpiece and a cell phone. These one –sided conversations can be pretty annoying if you’re stuck in front of such a caller in a line for any length of time.

So .. there are plenty of situations when talking out loud to yourself or to no one in particular is perfectly appropriate and socially acceptable. But when we have to listen to lengthy one- sided conversations from a cell phone user, we call it “noise pollution”.