Six seconds is a really long time. Almost nobody can endure six full seconds of silence. So they'll probably tell you something.
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Six seconds is a really long time. Almost nobody can endure six full seconds of silence. So they'll probably tell you something.
The ability to pause before reacting is the key to mindful communication and being a successful product manager.
Those can't be effective for us as product leaders if we're not listening, so I think listening and being able to converse in the language of the listener is the utmost importance.