That gives our minds plenty of chance to drift and wander, whether we’re the one speaking or listening.
In virtually every exchange of communication, each participating brain has room for 230-375 extra words’ worth of thought to float around.
The human brain can process somewhere between 350 and 550 words a minute, while most people usually only speak around 120 words a minute. Your conversations will be smoother and more successful if you remember that every sentence in a conversation has a history, and you have to practice deliberate listening skills to understand that history better so you can understand the person behind it better. How many people do you know that approach a conversation as if it were a competition, going something like this: When I pause, you jump in with your thoughts when you pause, I jump back in so I can top your story or hijack the conversation back to my side.
