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“Well… I mean, you know, like I knew that you know, were like cool and stuff, you know. But I mean it’s like, like I didn’t know that you knew, you know?”

Ever hear a conversation like this? Drives me nuts! There are so many “likes” and “you knows” on reality television that it makes it almost unwatchable. Do people really talk like this from day to day? “I mean, like… Oh My God!”

Is it a lack of introspection? Seems that if people would just listen to themselves talk, they might realize that there are some improvements that could be made in their speech patterns.

And there is NOTHING wrong with a PAUSE in your speech to form just the right words before talking. A pause does not convey stupidity, but is actually used with great effect to show intelligence. Practice it and you’ll see that people will indeed wait to hear your thoughts — and you’ll sound so much better without all those “filler” words, you know!

Bad: “You know, I uhm well like I was sorta planning to go to the mall you know, but I mean whatever, you know.. I’m like open to other ideas and stuff, I mean its cool if we don’t go.”

Good: “I was thinking of going to the mall… (pause) what do you think?”