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Chapter 6: Verbal Dexterity

Verbal thinking is the most common method. Everyone has a range of
intelligence that includes kinesthetic, verbal, emotional, spatial, musical, and

numerical. It is verbal intelligence that is depended on most. Everyone
expresses and thinks with words. Mastering how to use words is the most
important skill that you could develop since trying to acquire new skills all
depends on the way we comprehend language. The biggest part of an infant’s
life is learning and developing their verbal skills, learning to speak,
understanding speech, and then reading and writing. It doesn’t matter if an
infant is raised in Moscow, Sydney, or Beijing; they will spend thousands of

hours trying to learn their native language. They will be proficient with the
sophisticated subtleties, complexity, power, and range of language. When a
specific competence has been developed, many people will stop developing
their verbal skills.

Researchers have found that a strong correlation between a person’s abilities
with a range of vocabulary, words, and how successful they are in their field
of expertise. People who are able to express themselves very clearly are seen

as more intelligent and have a higher status. They are given more respect.
Why don’t we continue enhancing our verbal skills? Why stop what we have
been doing most of our lives doing? The problem is that we take verbal
abilities for granted. When we master speaking, reading, and writing, we
move to different things. Once we acquire that one important tool, we use it
for many tasks, but we don’t take time to ever sharpen it. It makes a lot of

sense to extend, enhance, and maintain this tool.
Here are ways that you can improve your verbal dexterity:

Spend Time with Very Literate People

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During the late 19 and early 20 centuries, many Russian intelligence agents
would gather to enjoy poetry.

You might be able to close your eyes and see them drinking tea huddled
around a candle, wearing fur coats and hats while the Siberian wind blows
across the frozen land. Somebody might begin playing the balalaika while
another stood and began reciting poetry they had written.