HeyJaredCaroline's Secrets To Speaking With Confidence
Speaking fixes from a self confessed introverted TedXer with nearly 11m views. My set of steps The Gravitas Method (developed over 20 years to help this introvert) is your key to relaxed, influential communication with any kind of audience 🎤🎙️
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Rehearsal secrets (opens the original)
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I never want to rehearse. Never ever. But I’m always glad I did.Actually that goes for public speaking too. I always dread it a little and then walk off stage wholeheartedly happy that I said yes. Public speaking, and the preparation it requires, are hugely fun in the afterglow and sometimes a little gnarly in the run up. You just have to find the discipline beforehand knowing that after you will be so glad you did. Like going to the gym….I know I’m not alone in this because clients say the foll
How to Say Less and Connect More (opens the original)
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In this context switching, overloaded, distracted world, do you know what your audience will love you for more than ever? Cutting to the chase and giving them room to think.There was a time when you could deliver a long, rambling piece of oration and still hold a crowd. TikTok and TED have changed our expectations. We want a golden nugget of lived perspective, something useful that we can take away and try.Thanks for reading Caroline's Secrets To Speaking With Confidence! Subscribe for free to
I Teach What I Once Needed to Learn (opens the original)
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I went to Oxford University, although admittedly I wasn’t a very good student. I didn’t do very much work, and when I left I decided that what I really wanted to do was become an actor.I left university, got myself into drama school and was horrified to discover that acting was really hard. It is hard to stand on a stage and look relaxed when you are terrified. It is hard to have presence when your brain is full of disaster scenarios, and it is very hard to listen when most of your attention is
The Voice You Want Is Built Through Practice (opens the original)
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Speaking, like cooking or gardening, takes time, love and practice. A little each day moves you forward, and those small moments will eventually accumulate into something bigger than you might imagine.I know this because I’ve lived it. Someone commented recently that they loved my voice, and it caught me by surprise because, for years, I felt frustrated and let down by it.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LBb7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progre
What Should You Eat and Drink Before You Speak? (opens the original)
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When you speak, you want your voice to come from the heart centre, or perhaps even deeper than that. From a deep soul place. From the gut.What we eat and drink matters too. Nourishing the voice is emotional, of course, but it is also very practical.Thanks for reading Caroline's Secrets To Speaking With Confidence! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" type="email" /
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