I tend to do everything fast.
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Reading, eating and especially talking.
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I blame the speed eating on growing up fending for food with a brother who hoovered everything in sight.
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The talking, well, that's been a "problem" for years.
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In my college days, I was the best-selling salesperson on my team at Victoria's Secret Catalogue. Back then we took orders by phone - and I regularly got reprimanded in my performance reviews for talking too fast. In my head, the faster I got through the order, the faster I could get someone new on the line and earn more commissions (and really, how many pairs of underwear does one person need?)
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Now when I listen to recordings of myself, I often cringe because of the fast pace and because I say "um" and "you know" way too much.
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So I asked on threads for tips on avoiding filler language and how to slow it down.
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​The biggest recommendation? Learn to embrace the pause.
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​Side note: I've given myself the challenge to comment or post one thing everyday on Threads for the next 30 days. Trying to get over my general aversion of posting on social media and to test out another channel. I kinda love reading and scrolling over there - people seem to be way friendlier and dare I say a bit more thoughtful than on some other platforms. Plus I don't have to spackle on makeup or post getting ready with me videos to get visibility.
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​What's fascinating to me more than the sheer number of responses was the variety of suggestions from people I had no previous connection to (the beauty of threads is that people see other people's comments that they follow - which then shows your account to them). So next time you're stuck on something, want to test out some ideas or frankly just want to be in a different room of voices, you might try Threads - especially if you enjoy pithy writing. You never know what might come out of it.
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you've got this,
Michelle

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