Consider this. You’ll do what you’ve learnt, not what you know.

You may know techniques to become an articulate leader, but there is large gap between knowing techniques – and using the techniques, reflexively.

With that thought in mind, below is a simple, powerful, daily drill that has paid off for my clients in becoming more articulate.

Own the Conversation

Here are the steps to take:

#1 Before you start your workday tomorrow, in a private setting, with the voice recorder, record what you’ll do for the day.

#2 Package your thoughts in an Open, Middle Close format.

Open: ‘Let me share what I’ll do today . . .

Middle: I’ll do x, y, z and then p, q and r. . .

Close:  . . . so that’s what I’ll do today’

Aim for about 50 seconds maximum recording time.

#3 Immediately after the making the recording, listen to it and score yourself on how articulate you were. Note any filler words/lack of fillers, mispronunciations/sharp pronunciation, lack of energy in your voice/great voice energy rushing your speech/’owning time etc.

#4 Give yourself a ‘reward’ (a check on a system card, a pat on the back, a fist pump etc)

By consistently doing the drill – over time, you’ll automatically move along the path to becoming more articulate.

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p.s. In case you missed it, on Tuesday this week I was interviewed on the podcast 10 Things it Took me 50 Years to Learn.

Here’s the 43:14 minute episode titled: All Agreements are with Yourself

Lesson number 4 is: ‘We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be’. This quote is from the luminary writer Kurt Vonnegut. In the lesson I expand on how you can act on the quote’s message.