HOW TO DEVELOPE YOUR SELF-CONFIDENT

 

                

                        FEATURE OF NATURAL SPEAKING

                       WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS HERE SOME OF THE FEATURES OF NATURAL SPEAKING IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM MORE CLEAR, MORE VIVID. I HAVE HESITATED ABOUT DOING IT, FOR SOMEONE IS ALMOST SURE TO SAY, "AH, I SEE, JUST FORCE MYSELF TO DO THESE THINGS AND I'LL BE ALL RIGHT". NO, YOU WON'T, FORCE YOURSELF TO DO THEM AND YOU WILL BE ALL WOODEN AND ALL MECHANICAL.

                     YOU USED MOST OF THESE PRINCIPLES YESTERDAY IN YOUR CONVERSATION, USED THEM AS UNCONSCIOUSLY AS YOU DEGESTED YOUR DINNER LAST NIGHT. THAT IS THE WAY TO USE THEM. IT IS THE ONLY WAY. AND IT WILL COME, AS FAR AS PUBLIC SPEAKING IS CONCERNED, AS WE HAVE ALREADY SAID, ONLY BY PRACTICE.

                       FIRST : STRESS IMPORTANT WORDS,

                       SUBORDINATE UNIMPORTANT ONES

                      IN CONVERSATION, WE HIT ONE SYLLABUS IN A WORD, AND HIT IT HARD, AND HURRY OVER THE OTHERS LIKE A PAY CAR PASSING A STRING OF HOBOES. FOR EXAMPLE, MASSACHUSETTS, AFLICTION, AT TRACTIVENESS, ENVIROMMENT. WE DO ALMOST THE SAME THING WITH A SENTENCE. WE MAKE ONE OR TWO IMPORTANT WORDS TOWER UP LIKE A SKYSCRAPER.

                     THIS IS NOT A STRANGE OR UNUSUAL PROCESS I AM DESCRIBING, LISTEN. YOU CAN HEAR IT GOING ON ABOUT YOU ALL THE TIME. YOU YOURSELF DID IT A HUNDRED, MAYBE A THOUSAND, TIMES YESTERDAY. YOU WILL DOUBLES DO IT A HUNDRED TIMES TOMORROW.

                 HERE IS AN EXAMPLE. READ THE FOLLOWING QUOTATION, STRIKING THE WORKS IN BIG TYPE HARD. RUN OVER THE OTHERS QUICKLY. WHAT IS THE EFFECT?

                I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN WHATEVER I HAVE UNDERTAKEN, BECAUSE I HAVE WILLED IT. I HAVE NEVER HESITATED WHICH HAS GIVEN ME AN ADVANTAGE OVER THE REST OF MANKIND" -NAPOLEON.

                  THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO READ THERE LINES. ANOTHER SPEAKER WOULD DO IT DIFFERENTLY PERHAPS. THERE ARE NO ORONCLAD RULES FOR EMPHASIS. IT ALL DEPENDS.

                  READ THESE SELECTIONS ALOUD IN AN EARNEST MANNER, TRYING TO MAKE THE IDEAS CLEAR AND CONVINCING. DON'T YOU FIND YOURSELF STRESSING THE BIG, IMPORTANT WORDS AND HURRYING OVER THE OTHERS?

                     IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BEATEN, YOU ARE.

                     IF YOU THINK YOU DARE NOT, YOU DON'T

                     IF YOU'D LIKE TO WIN, BUT THINK YOU CAN'T

                     IT'S ALMOST A CINCH YOU WON'T

                     LIFE'S BATTLES DON'T ALWAYS GO

                    TO THE STRONGER OF FASTER MAN.

                     BUT SOON OR LATE THE MAN WHO WINS

                     IS THE ONE WHO THINKS HE CAN.

                                                                                  ----- ANONYMOUS