I am 65 now...

this is my 65th blog, inspired with a converstaion.. I have some observations to talk about..
- I make lot of observations
- I get lot of inspiration from converstaions
- I tend to analyze and over analyze the talks.. post converstaion blues I will term it..
- I tend to be a bit selective in the conversation that I conduct these kind of postmortems in..
-- These are either talks with key people in at my work or
-- Long, lenghty talks with some freinds on a topic or discussion
--- or briefest talks with single key points .. That I happen to pay close attention to...

Key Learnings.. after todays talk..
- I talk too much.. :-( all about I me myself, India.. the system.. and ..bla bla..
- in reality i usually am looking for the other person to take the lead and talk.. about anything..
- I don't know how to put questions properly.. that could/would initiate converstaion..
- my agenda for random key converstaions turns out to be blank.. its by laziness.. cuz the earlier times I had agenda's .. I was armed with agenda/ and key discusssion points and ideas.. had a notes paper ready.. but.. the other party was not available for conversation .. and I found.. it all didn't matter either way.. :-)

Further Action plan :

- I need to learn to listen, it is irritating if someone drones on and on about themselves.. but not so if you are in an initial contact stage.. it helps to find common interests and things to talk about further in future conversations..

- The best talker is the silent listener, with intelligent questions..

I have just now imparted some key strategic communications skills!

With friends, i think it is boring to keep silent.. with friends.. one should talk on and on and on..

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