When you are in a group.. are you a listener or the speaker?

Philippines
February 5, 2010 5:05am CST
When you are a group.. are you more of a listener or more of a speaker..? as for me.. I am quite and reserved so I'm more of the listener rather than the speaker.. even my friends notice that.. how about you? are you more of a listener or a speaker?
10 responses
@Ravenladyj (22904)
• United States
5 Feb 10
I am sometimes the quiet listener and sometimes I'm a chatty person...it depends on the group adn the subject/topic being talked about really...and of course it also depends on my mood..
• Australia
5 Feb 10
I agree... I'm much more inclined to speak and be completely involved in a group discussion if it was especially a topic that I was passionate about. However I can be the reserved speaker, especially if I am not too familiar with the topic, I don't have anything to contribute or if I'm not familiar with the people in the group. Additionally people tend to come to me for advise/tell me about things so overall I'm a "listener".
@bubuth (1815)
• Philippines
30 Sep 12
In personal i'am shy to share my thoughts and my ideas to others because i'm not really sure if my idea is right or wrong. Also when i'm in my school days, I rarely respond to class discussion and also when my friends planning a party or out of town. I just follow what is their decision but there is also time that they don't have idea but I have, I also share it but that was so rarely.
• Estonia
5 Feb 10
Well, I like to do both, but I usually tend to be speaker, I take actively part in a discussion. It's not that I am the only one who speaks, I am not into that kind of dictatorship. I speak and let other people say a word too.
@Zhizho (1350)
• Indonesia
5 Feb 10
I think, I am speaker.Sometimes, I a little shy about this but I can not hold my mouth to don't speak about my opinion or explain my idea to my friends at school.we are a group who try to build a program about education for early age kids.Fortunately,they told me that there is no problem about it.exactly, they need me.LOL.But I make sure that I am not talking only.I keep doing the best for our program.
@kyel_11 (1069)
• Philippines
5 Feb 10
it's hard for me decide because i'm both. haha! when there's someone who's speaking, i listen to his/her ideas. in that case i consider myself as a listener. on the other hand, when I have something to share in the group, I don't hesitate to speak for my thoughts. I'm a speaker in this situation. I believe it's a good thing to be both since sharing and listening always come hand in hand
• India
5 Feb 10
hii i think good listening also a great job...by listening u can do better in ur life
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
5 Feb 10
i'm slightly more of a listener than a speaker, and i try to balance it out and adjust whenever necessary. say, if one of my girlfriends is talking about her problem, then I'd have to listen more and talk less. And when it's my turn to blab, everyone listens to me as well and make comments appropriately. I love observing and listening to people. It helps me understand them better, why they behave in ways that I sometimes just don't understand. And I learn a lot from them.
@Hazelrose (2179)
• Philippines
5 Feb 10
Hi canielynne,Most of the time I am more on listener than a speaker.By the way,I can only speaks if its really necessary or if the group want to hear my opinion. Happy mylotting!
@sushie93 (1355)
• France
5 Feb 10
In a group or in couple or in class, i always am the listener because i'm not very talkative and prefer to listen and observe people. People always say that i'm too quiet but it's because they don't know the real me (who is very crazy) ^^'.
@pandaeyes (2065)
5 Feb 10
I am nearly always a listener. Sometimes I might not say anything for hours. People will often think it is me being aloof but I am just very shy and don't speak much at all if there are more than two or three people in the group.I hate to feel like the center of attention. I prefer one on one.