How to stop talking too quickly in 6 easy steps

Most people at some time speak too quickly. We all have that moment when our brain seems to have so much information to share that we think we have to get it all out in one go and nobody can understand a word we say! It happens to me and I’m sure it happens to you but how can you stop it happening more often than you’d like?

The first thing to realise is that just telling yourself to slow down hardly ever works. You will be thinking so much about slowing down that you will forget what you want to say or you will sound so boring that no one will want to listen to what you have to say. You need a way to slow down but still sound excited and enthusiastic about whatever it is you’re talking about.

I have been teaching people to speak clearly since 1994 and getting people to slow down is the thing I am asked to do most often and it is one of the simplest things to learn how to do.

There are 6 things you can do to help you slow down

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