Think before and speak later
We all have two ears but 1 mouth, for a purpose. A purpose which is set by nature, Speak less but listen more. We have a brain whose size is large as compared to the size one's mouth even when it is wide open. Again, that is for a purpose. Time and again, I am flabbergasted at how people manage to speak without cerebration. One of the most axiomatic and significant attributes of homosapiens is the ability to communicate through speech. A mesmerizing inference is that we communicate our thoughts in real time; we do not need to plan what we’re going to say before we say it. This inborn ability is often the source of dismay when we say on the spur of the moment and later wish we had either not said, or said differently - in a way which would have made different impact. It happens with everyone, no matter how good speaker you are, no matter how well versed, prepared, intelligent you are, at one point in time you are bound to make this mistake. Why do people forget that if one comments ...