Consider this, when you speak with the YA, YA, YA energy that we covered in Module 10, you can tend to rush the speed of your speaking, and make it difficult for people to understand you. To be perceived as a confident speaker you need to have energy in your voice, but you should never, be perceived, as rushing.

The key message for this Module is:

Use ‘measuring cup’ speaking, to avoid rushing and to project authority.

Here is an explanation of ‘measuring cup’ speaking. Imagine that you could takes words from your head and put them in this measuring cup and then speak them.

Then you put the cup down on the table like this for a silent pause, then refill the measuring cup with words, and speak those words put the cup down, have a silent pause, and so on.

This – is measuring cup speaking.

Here’s a demonstration of measuring cup speaking while using this measuring cup prop.

You never get second chance to listen to someone the first time _____ Because if you’re daydreaming that might be the precise moment the person is sharing the key bit of information____ or if you ask them to repeat what they’ve said ______they may repeat what they’ve said in a less powerful way.

In that example I varied the measure of speaking to add variety. If you speak the same measure of speaking all the time it would bore the audience.

The polar opposite of measuring cup speaking would be like a water hose turned on full blast ,in effect spraying and drenching the audience with your words.