We’ve become so uncomfortable with silence that we’ve lost the ability to use it.
In conversations, silence isn’t emptiness. It’s space for the other person to catch up, to go deeper, to say what they were about to talk themselves out of.
The most powerful leaders I’ve worked with know when to stop talking and create space. Not because they have nothing to say. Because they understand that sometimes the most important thing in a conversation hasn’t been said yet.
Create the silence. Then wait.
You might be surprised what shows up!