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Speaking what is missing

One reason dyslexia works for me is it gives me a different prospective on people. During elementary school, I learned quickly that I couldn’t do most of the things other kids did, so I had to find a way to cheat the system. I had to discover a way to think out of the box. I first learned to not just listen to what people were saying, but also to what they weren’t saying.

I began to picture what was not being said, what was being left out. Initially that was a problem – I became the child who said the emperor had no clothes. Eventually I learned to keep my mouth shut. As an adult, I unlearned keeping my mouth shut. Now I speak directly to the “missings.” One thing about being an adult, you get to say what you think. Not that others will listen, but at least you get to speak.

Today I train people to develop the skill of seeing and hearing what is missing, than speaking what is not said. As you know, many don’t like what is being avoided acknowledged. Yet, once out in the open the relationship, work and life can move on. After the stress of speaking the hidden, the stress of the relationship becomes less. People begin to relax. Life becomes more fun and productive when we don’t waste energy hiding our thoughts.

What is yours?

Give us one or more of you gifts that dyslexia gives you.

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August 24, 2008 | Filed Under skills 

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