Oh, welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome to you.

I am being welcoming because I am glad that you're here.

Folks. I am glad that you're here. Folks, why am I so glad you're here?

Because you're listening.

We need to listen to each other.

And we need to do it as fast as possible.

Here's what I say.

Let's all listen to each other as we talk to each other.

So we're all talking and listening at the same time.

Now, it sounds like a mess.

But the more you're listening to what someone else is saying,

the less you're paying attention to what you are saying.

And it comes out like a bunch of gibberish.

Meaning, hold on.

This is, I can save this.

Because I realize now the problem is,

if everyone's doing that,

then what you're listening to is gibberish.

But don't we need to understand each other a little better?

So, if you're really listening to someone else's gibberish,

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