Welcome to day #2 of the public speaking challenge. We focused on confronting your fears and visualizing your success yesterday. Did you do your homework?

Today we’re going to be thinking through adding flavor to your delivery.

SUCCESS FACTOR:

One of the BIGGEST struggles people have in public speaking is mixing up their TONE and SPEED.

You know what I’m talking about. They sound like Ferris Bueller’s teacher: boring, monotone, and endlessly repetitive.

On the flip side, the most successful speakers constantly mix up their tone and speed. They speak loud and soft, fast and slow. They race through some sentences and SLOW down to emphasize other points.

If you only use a single tone and speed, you will quickly BORE people and they will tune you out. After a while, the only person listening will be you!

That’s why it’s absolutely critical to change things up. Keep people on their toes so they listen and pay attention.

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