The power of silence
Let's imagine you share silence with a peer, you do not know yet. You just passionately gave your view on a topic you care about, the other person was just listening. And then you both fall into silence for a couple of minutes.
That seems new, maybe even uncomfortable? However it can be very powerful. Let me give you an example:
My client Marc was telling me how very bad it felt to take a difficult decision about letting go of a whole team due to the financial situation of the company. And how driven, result oriented that team is, these remarkable customer results they have achieved.
After a couple of minutes of silence, we had agreed upon, Marc mentioned, that he had different sensations. His skin started to prickle, he had an image of himself with a tall, powerful man towering over him, Marc was feeling very uncomfortable, although he is a very strong, self assured person. Marc recognized in the stillness, that he was stuck in his mind with fear of not doing the right thing and dread from some past situations. That anxiety was preventing him from thinking more openly about alternative solutions.
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