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We live in a chatter-filled world. People will talk your ear off when you see them in person and everyone is constantly sharing their thoughts online. But my guest would say that all this chatter may be hurting us more than we know, and it would be better to close our pieholes and sit on our typing fingers a lot more often than we do.\n\nHis name is Dan Lyons, and he's\xa0the\xa0author of\xa0STFU:\xa0The\xa0Power of Keeping Your Mouth\xa0Shut\xa0in an Endlessly Noisy World. Today on\xa0the\xa0show, Dan unpacks how being quiet and speaking with greater intention can improve your life. We discuss why some people\xa0tend to overtalk more than others and\xa0the\xa0six types of overtalkers out there, from\xa0the\xa0blurter to\xa0the\xa0most extreme case,\xa0the\xa0talkaholic, for whom overtalking is practically an addiction. We then discuss not getting sucked into spouting off online, avoiding conversational\xa0narcissism,\xa0the\xa0argument for spending less time working\xa0on your personal brand and more time doing quality work, how silence is power, how\xa0the\xa0best way to deal with issues in a marriage may be by\xa0not\xa0talking\xa0about them, and more.