Adam M. Grant Quote
Givers tend to use more powerless speech, talking with tentative markers like these: • Hesitations: well, um, uh, you know • Hedges: kinda, sorta, maybe, probably, I think • Disclaimers: this may be a bad idea, but • Tag questions: that’s interesting, isn’t it? or that’s a good idea, right? • Intensifiers: really, very, quite
Adam M. Grant
Givers tend to use more powerless speech, talking with tentative markers like these: • Hesitations: well, um, uh, you know • Hedges: kinda, sorta, maybe, probably, I think • Disclaimers: this may be a bad idea, but • Tag questions: that’s interesting, isn’t it? or that’s a good idea, right? • Intensifiers: really, very, quite