From the course: Communicating with Confidence (2015)
Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.
Slowing down
- For those of us who habitually speak quickly, here are a few good ways to slow yourself down. Rather than speaking quickly, letting one word run into the others, slightly stretch the vowel sounds in each word. Slightly stretching the vowels allows you to linger longer over each word and connect to its meaning and impact. What that does is help you deliver one thought at one time. Here's another way to slow down when you talk. Visualize your brain and tongue moving in perfect synchronicity, brain here, mouth here. Right now as I'm speaking to you, I have no idea what's going to be in my next sentence because I'm focusing on what I'm saying as I say it. Tethering your brain and tongue helps you deliver that one thought at one time. Talking slowly helps you control what you say as you say it. Sometimes, uh, when people speak quickly, uh, they're so uncomfortable, uh, with silence, that, um, they speak very quickly and riddle their words with uh, um, and guttural sounds. The uhs and the…
Download courses and learn on the go
Watch courses on your mobile device without an internet connection. Download courses using your iOS or Android LinkedIn Learning app.