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Stop Talking at People

Stop Talking at People

Real Connection Requires Curiosity

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Todd Baratz
Jul 11, 2025
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Raise your hand if you’ve spent time with someone who just monologued at you. Who talks at you. Who doesn't follow up with an “and you?” question. Who doesn’t pause, doesn’t reciprocate, doesn’t register that a conversation is supposed to involve two people. And it gets worse when that monologue is paired with a total absence of curiosity. No sense of a…

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