Say What you DO, Do What you say.
I know you have heard this before and it is a good old saying. However, how many people do you know right now say one thing but do another. Yeah I know a few as well. If you didn’t think of anyone than you might be that person. Uh Oh did you stop reading?
Here is what I mean. When we enter into conversation we need to be slow to speak and quick to listen. This is key to not only show the others that you care but also to make sure nothing comes out of our mouths that might not line up with our actions.
When I was a young boy I was a talker and I mean talker. The more I talked the more I found you laughed and the more you laughed the more I talked. Unfortunately that carried with me into my young adult hood and I found my self saying things that I later regretted and did not line up with who I was. It eventually caught up with me and it wasn’t until I was called out by someone who cares for me did I make a change. The change I made was simple. I wrote down on paper and put it in my wallet this sentence ; listen more talk less. That was it and I even set an alarm for every two hours to remind myself to say it to myself. When I first started this it was hard not to talk because I felt as though there was awkward silence but in reality it was just me. I finally was not overpowering a conversation. I then even began to remember what people said better and it allowed me to give better responses and not say something that did not align with who I am.
I want to encourage you; Do what you say and Say what you do and that is it period.