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I've also been guilty of this for a long time. I annoy myself, and fear I undermine my credibility when talking to peers and managers.

> I think that when I'm speaking, I want to say words faster than my brain can build a sentence.

This is the explanation I've thought of for myself many times. What I find helps is to practice mindfulness and try to listen to what I'm saying.

I recall at one job, the companies core systems database tables had really absurdly long names. I made a point of learning these names precisely. People would look at me in amazement when I would precisely rattled off the names during meetings and technical discussions. Oddly, this really helped.



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