Comments on: Going To Make Myself Some Toast. http://conscienceround.com/archives/1368 Stories & sundries by E.S. Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lori http://conscienceround.com/archives/1368/comment-page-1#comment-233 Lori Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:25:53 +0000 http://conscienceround.com/?p=1368#comment-233 "...I debated between throttling him or hugging him: which one would be more effective as a charisma absorption method?" You may not be a salesman. But you are, indeed, a writer. “…I debated between throttling him or hugging him: which one would be more effective as a charisma absorption method?”

You may not be a salesman. But you are, indeed, a writer.

]]> By: Jessica http://conscienceround.com/archives/1368/comment-page-1#comment-231 Jessica Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:13:12 +0000 http://conscienceround.com/?p=1368#comment-231 I vote for throttling. Eliminating the competition is probably a more effective strategy than hoping to absorb salesperson skills through hugs. I love listening to people, so long as they're saying interesting things. I've listened to people as they've talked about life in apartheid-era South Africa, or Cultural Revolution-era China, and been highly fascinated by their descriptions of life in those places. Or philosophical discussions - that's another place where I like listening. Although in those, I do have trouble not interjecting. I vote for throttling. Eliminating the competition is probably a more effective strategy than hoping to absorb salesperson skills through hugs.

I love listening to people, so long as they’re saying interesting things. I’ve listened to people as they’ve talked about life in apartheid-era South Africa, or Cultural Revolution-era China, and been highly fascinated by their descriptions of life in those places. Or philosophical discussions – that’s another place where I like listening. Although in those, I do have trouble not interjecting.

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