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Generally, I'm a quiet person. I don't always feel the need to fill up empty space with conversation unless it's been a long silence where it seems a bit uncomfortable.

I am in sales, so my job is basically communicating to my clients which is on the phone, at conference or via e-mail.

I have chatty friends that are always talking...about whatever. They either don't like silence or they just have a lot to talk about...I don't know. There is a line in a song by Alanis Morrisette that goes: "why are you so petrfied of silence? Here can you handle this?...................................
Did you think about your bills, your ex, your deadlines or when you think you're gonna die, or did you long for the next distraction?"

Perhaps because I talk most of the day, when I come home I like to be silent for a while. My commute from work takes me about 1 1/2 hours. Most times I will listen to music, sometimes I get a book on CD and there are times when I just open the windows up in my car and drive with only the sound of the wind coming through the windows and the other cars on the road.

My partner is a talker, once you get to know her...at first she is kind of shy, but after that...she's a talker alright. She tells me I don't talk enough to her sometimes...I have to admit I am guilty of that. If I could write it out, it would be better...I could edit my thoughts so that they perfectly convey what I think and feel, but that isn't a conversation though is it?

Conversation is an artform...some people are very good at it...others...not so good.

Professionally, I do very well with conversations. Small talk...pick up clues from your client and extrapilate the information you need to keep the flow going. Learn how to listen, provide feedback.

Personally - I really suck at this. Why? hmmmm...too close to home maybe?

I'm a great listener though. I do pay attention.

Generally though, I like quiet. Not necessarily silence...but quiet. Walk through a park with a light breeze blowing through the trees...there is a sound there, so it's not silent...but it's quiet. It's peaceful. Listening to water flowing under a bridge...it's quiet...calming.

Shhhhhhh....listen.