In Part 1 of Public Speaking: 3 Fears that Keep you Playing Small (& How to Play Bigger), we addressed the 3 fears that keep you playing small: making mistakes in front of others, trying something new, and not getting a return on your investment You learned that it’s critical to heal these fears so you […]

Public Speaking fears keep people playing small.  They hold competent people back from sharing their gifts with people who are waiting to hear and learn from them.  Do these 3 fears keep you playing small (hold you back from fully expressing your unique gifts) when you visualize yourself sharing your unique message in a public […]

I do the work I do because I feel it in my bones. What do I mean by that? I feel a passion and yes, even a compulsion to share my story and experience with the people with whom I’m meant to connect. I love my work and my work is my play so often. […]

When speaking, fast talkers and speakers of English as a second language can slow their speech for making greater positive impact.  One method is by using thought groups.  A thought group is a group of words that form a unit of meaning.  This group of words go together to express a thought or idea. Negative […]

There are 3 Reasons knowing phonemic symbols can accelerate your accent reduction progress.  Phonemic symbols are used to represent phonemes.  Phonemes are the smallest meaningful unit of speech. 3 Reasons Phonemic symbols are used because alphabet letters simply don’t have the power to show the different speech features. There are multiple phonemic symbols for the […]

One technique (including breathing techniques) that fast talkers (as well as speakers of English as a second language) can use to slow their speech for greater positive impact on their audiences consists of visualizing punctuation.  When some people get nervous speaking, they have a tendency to speak faster. If you are one of them, you’re […]

Fast talkers can slow their rate of speech to make greater positive impacts on their audiences.  One of our followers at Master Your Accent recently asked “What recommendations do you have to slow down the tempo of speech. I have been told multiple times that I speak too quickly when giving speeches.”  It’s a question […]

One accent reduction method involves 3 easy rules for pronouncing final -s.  Pronouncing “s” in the final position of words is a common challenge to speakers of English as a non-native language.  One particular challenge is understanding when to add an extra syllable to the final -s.  Keep reading if you find it difficult to […]

One accent reduction method involves 3 easy rules for pronouncing final -s.  Pronouncing “s” or -s otherwise known as final -s in plurals and third person singular verbs is easy when you know the rules.  Although “s” is spelled as such, it doesn’t mean it’s pronounced as such.  If you aren’t sure what the rules […]

Review of Part 1: Conditioned Self’s Job In Public Speaking: How Mindset Creates Opportunities-Part 1 (Conditioned Self’s Job), you realized the potential harmful effects of the conditioned self on your ability to create opportunities through public speaking.  You learned that the job of the conditioned self is to protect you from vulnerability, pain, and discomfort.    You […]