However, on the negative side, you are unable to pay attention to someone speaking to you unless they make their point in under 30 seconds. They don’t feel like you care enough to listen. And they may even experience more difficulty speaking with you once they anticipate you shutting them down when they can’t get their point across quickly enough. You jump from topic to topic, without a segue, making it hard for people to follow you. You think they surely have caught your point, while they may not feel comfortable stopping you to clarify—which they may well need to do a lot. Miscommunication
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