The words they choose, the words they avoid, the words they mispronounce. :-)
Most people can make a fairly accurate judgement about the intelligence of a person just by the words they use in a few minutes of conversation.
But let's move beyond intelligence. What do your words say about your character? Your values? Your thought patterns? Your attitudes and outlook?
What about negative speech patterns?
How long can you talk without making a coarse joke?
How long can you speak without questioning someone else's motive?
How long can you converse without expressing dislike for someone?
Without referencing someone who did you wrong?
Or, let's go positive:
How many conversations can you have with encouraging someone?
How many discussions can you have without challenging someone?
What percentage of your words point to a positive faith-filled outlook?
How long can you talk without bringing up Jesus or the Bible?
I recently did a "tweetcloud" of my twitter feed over the course of a year. This is a service that goes through your twitter stream and identifies the words you use most often.
While that one looks pretty positive, I'm not sharing it to brag -- you see, that's PUBLIC SPEECH. Much easier to be positive in public speech than in private speech.
What if we could do a "tweetcloud" of your last 1,000 conversations?
What words would pop up most often?
And more importantly, what would they tell me about you?
Speaking carefully,
Darrell
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