2023.7 learnings from the silence part 5 (say more with less words)

Because business is personal. This newsletter is dedicated to your own alignment journey.

Taking action without clear intention is like stringing together letters without deciding which words to form first.

Hi ! 👋

Imagine you could only say 50 words tomorrow — what would you say? I’m sure those 50 words would be the essence of what you wanted to communicate. And because you aren’t speaking much, people would really listen to every word you said.

How am I sure of this? This is what happened during January where I was speaking very very little as my throat healed from antibiotic resistant strep. Of everything I learned, I saved this Newsletter for when I could more concisely articulate how this connects to practicing alignment.

Using less words to say more can be summed up as WAIT (Why Am I Talking?) & WAIST (Why Am I Still Talking?).

Alignment can be summed up in two words: intentional action.

If you're not acting with intention, what are you doing?

If you’re not speaking with intention, then what are you saying?

As you can see, alignment includes aligned communication grounded in intention. The only way to truly understand the power of aligned speech in your own life is to experience it yourself. So this week, I invite you to make a concerted effort to speak less to express more.

Do you process/learn through talking something through? This week, try processing it with yourself in your thoughts or a journal instead of with the folks around you. Bring them in when you after you process it yourself first. Your words will matter even more when you have more clarity within yourself first. You may find this gives you space to listen to understand instead of just listening to respond.

This is what I realized about alignment and speaking after not really speaking for a month:

Your voice isn’t something to spray around whenever you have the impulse to speak, it’s a powerful tool for increasing connection and creating value — with yourself and with others.

Cheers,Rachel

P.S. I welcome any thoughts you’d like to share — I read them all, always. Just click reply. 👍

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