When to Keep Your Mouth Shut by Benjamin Kennet

Should you speak up or keep your mouth shut? At times like this you should ask yourself it it's really critical for other to know the exact information. You might be right, but do you need to show others up? Let's suppose one of your peers is talking about something funny that happened at the last board meeting and said there were 15 people present, when you KNOW there were only 13. Close your eyes and count to ten, or count to 100 if you need to! If that doesn’t work and an explosion of anger seems imminent, simply turn and walk away. When you find yourself on the edge of an angry confrontation, stop, shut your mouth, and back off. It’s when you’re angry that you are most likely to lash out at others in ways that are hurtful, and that can create longstanding resentment and build walls of distrust. It would only make you lose influence and it gives others too much control over you. But you should not… you cannot… you MUST NOT give in to the feelings. People will do and say things that will make you mad, yes, furious, fuming, even ferocious. It’s only natural that you would want to react in anger. This individual feels the need to quickly react to every situation. But this type of response only serves to make things worse.ģ situations when it's better to keep your mouth shut Instead they instinctively develop a knee jerk, reactionary leadership style. This article has been viewed 334,007 times.The reason so many young or inexperienced leaders (ok, and many not so young and experienced ones too) find themselves in deep water is that they have not learned to measure their words carefully. This article received 11 testimonials and 82% of readers who voted found it helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. WikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. There are 13 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page.

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When to Keep Your Mouth Shut by Benjamin Kennet