No, not at all. Silence, like body language, is an essential part of "verbal communication skills" - that's the point I'm making. You can no more learn "verbal

No, not at all. Silence, like body language, is an essential part of "verbal communication skills" - that's the point I'm making. You can no more learn "verbal communication" without learning to use silence than you can learn "driving skills" without learning to look in the rear-view mirror... (poor analogy, but you get the idea)