People Who Sound Smart Do 7 Things When Talking To Others

People Who Sound Smart Do 7 Things When Talking To Others

Getty | pixelfit We all want people to take us seriously. But so many of us, in trying to earn that respect from others, say things that we think will make us sound smart only to fall on our faces. As psychologist Paul Penn put it, “Trying to sound clever is a good way of sounding stupid.” But there’s a way around this. Want to sound smart and well-spoken? As language and communication experts, we’ve come across some simple and effective strateg…

Daily we find ourselves in situations where we want to seem smarter to earn the respect of others, but in the end we end up screwing up and we end up looking like "lists" instead of smart.Do you want to sound smart?These are the seven things that Katy and Ross Petras, language experts say you should do.1.Be intentional with your choice of wordsBehaviour studies have discovered that theoretically "smart" language ends up repelling people rather t…