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5 Easy Ways To Stop Being A Conversational Narcissist
Listening can be as enjoyable as talking.
We’ve all gotten good at talking about ourselves —maybe too good.
Our favorite topic is us, and we talk about ourselves all the time in blogs, personal essays, storytelling shows, networking events, parties, and social media.
Talking about ourselves has become a part of our personalities; you may not even be aware of how much time you spend at it.
TMI has gone from meaning too much talk about uncomfortable topics to just too much information period.
No longer is TMI our most disgusting bathroom habits, it’s excruciating specifics about our days, our venting about minor inconveniences that we experience, or our insistence on sharing the boring details of the dream we had the night before.
We overshare to the point where we’re self-obsessed; convinced that every-single-thing we say is riveting and that it would be a crime not to tell every person we encounter all about it.
You could be a storytelling champ but your trip to post-office would still be dull— unless your post office is run by sloths, owls, and dung-beetles.
The fact is that we get a lot of pleasure from talking about ourselves.
