Hello and in today's

the podcast where every day we're getting a little better at life.

I'm your host, Corey Miskara,

and in today's episode, we're going to talk about how to make your words more powerful.

More to come on that in a moment.

First, let's settle in together with the sound of the bells. Okay, so there's a quote I came across about 10 years ago now that has always stuck with me.

I've been looking for the author and I can't find who wrote it.

So I'm just going to share and you can Google around for yourself

and hopefully find it and then let me know.

But the quote is,

The power of your words is directly related to the silence you keep.

The power of your words is directly related to the silence you keep.

So notice what that stirs up in you.

Is that something that resonates?

Does it feel triggering? Does it feel like truth? Does it feel like a half truth? I think when I first heard this, I took it as mostly truth so more silence and then when you do speak it's it's

poignant people listen.

Over time, I've learned that that's not necessarily the case.

You still need to have something to say,

something meaningful to say, and there are a lot of people who

don't spend much time in silence, but when they do speak, you still listen because

they're saying something that's meaningful.

But I've always appreciated this because I have found it to be true in my own life, for myself, and for others in various scenarios, that those who spend more time

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