These days, it is difficult to watch the evening headlines or scroll through a news website without seeing that a politician, celebrity, athlete, or business leader is in the spotlight for saying something stupid. Sure, you might laugh-or wince -at these gaffes and wonder aloud why anyone would ever think saying that was a good idea. Secretly, though, a part of you may sympathize with the clueless celebrity or the foot-in-mouth politician because you have seen similar things happen in your own conversations: Jim in accounting shares a little too much about his weekend during a business lunch; your boss says something completely loony about a client on the way to a sales call; or your coworker Sarah lays a nutty conspiracy theory on you during an informal chat in the hallway.
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