“The one I picked up from listening to my own VMs is how often I rush one sentence into the next because I think what I’ve just said isn’t interesting. It’s like I talk with no full stops. I’m working on the pause!”
I found myself doing this a lot through listening back on and editing my YouTube videos! Intentionally speaking in full sentences and not up-talking at the end made me feel and sound more confident. This is great advice and a good reminder for me to keep practicing!
Recovering shy presenter here! 👋🏼 Listening back to my talks and paying attention to breathing has helped so much. And ditto to the jumping up and down!
Saying yes to leading more workshops so I have "practice" I can't bow out of and having a few key trusted people in the room to make eye contact with and ask for feedback - game changer.
OH! This takes me back to the time when when I needed to review the interview I ran with a client, and we didn't have transcription yet! Oh my god the cringe.
Ironically, I now start every substack article by first talking into my recorder to brainstorm and get my first raw thoughts out. Who would have thought? Not me.
“The one I picked up from listening to my own VMs is how often I rush one sentence into the next because I think what I’ve just said isn’t interesting. It’s like I talk with no full stops. I’m working on the pause!”
I found myself doing this a lot through listening back on and editing my YouTube videos! Intentionally speaking in full sentences and not up-talking at the end made me feel and sound more confident. This is great advice and a good reminder for me to keep practicing!
100% "Intentionally speaking in full sentences" is the most basic AND the most life-changing advice
Recovering shy presenter here! 👋🏼 Listening back to my talks and paying attention to breathing has helped so much. And ditto to the jumping up and down!
I love that term "recovering shy presenter". What else has helped you?
Saying yes to leading more workshops so I have "practice" I can't bow out of and having a few key trusted people in the room to make eye contact with and ask for feedback - game changer.
OH! This takes me back to the time when when I needed to review the interview I ran with a client, and we didn't have transcription yet! Oh my god the cringe.
Ironically, I now start every substack article by first talking into my recorder to brainstorm and get my first raw thoughts out. Who would have thought? Not me.
Oh man, the heart drop when you realised! I've done similar things. Love that way of staring your substacks.
Loom recordings can be so helpful when prepping for a talk! And I love the jumping up and down idea, going to have to try that next time :)
These are great tips! I love voice memos and use them with my story coaching clients for exactly this reason, the improvement they see is 10x.