https://damanarora.netlify.app/tags/communication/ Recent content in Communication on Daman Arora Hugo -- gohugo.io Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://damanarora.netlify.app/posts/hours-after-you-think-you-heard-a-dig/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://damanarora.netlify.app/posts/hours-after-you-think-you-heard-a-dig/ The previous post was about remarks you can quote. This one is about the much more expensive kind: the remark you cannot prove, that may not even have been addressed to you, that is built to make responding look paranoid and not responding feel like you let it slide. A direct insult costs you twenty minutes. An indirect dig can quietly cost you a week. The real cost is not the moment. https://damanarora.netlify.app/posts/when-someone-makes-it-about-you/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://damanarora.netlify.app/posts/when-someone-makes-it-about-you/ There is a specific move a conversation makes where the thing on the table suddenly becomes you. You feel it before you can name it. The next two seconds decide the next hour, maybe the next week. These are the notes I keep for that moment. If you only remember five lines from this post, remember these: 1. Pause. 3 to 5 seconds. Say nothing. 2. Say "say that again." Flat, no edge.