2025-09-15
36 分钟You're listening to How to Be a Better Human.
I'm your host, Chris Duffy.
One time in college, early in my relationship with my now wife,
we went out to dinner with her roommate's parents.
And at this dinner, I was chatting up a storm.
I told all my best stories.
I had everyone laughing.
I felt like I was absolutely crushing it.
And then afterwards, I said something to that effect, to my girlfriend, Molly,
and I thought that she would say something like, that's right, you're the best.
And instead she was like, that was awful.
You did not let anyone else speak.
You just talked the whole time.
And you know what?
She was right.
It turns out that there is a big difference between talking and communicating,
and that is a difference that I had to learn and that honestly, I am still learning.
After all, you might notice that right now I am currently in the middle of giving a monologue.
You know, communication is this incredibly important foundational skill of being human,
and it's also an art.