A lot of
people thought that you have to be highly educated or a voracious reader to be
refined in your speech, i.e. your choice of words. However, that is not
entirely true. There are ways for you to cheat. You just need to follow these 5
simple steps;
1. Keep it
CONCISE.
Make it
short and sharp. Always remember, not many people will stick around to listen
to your points if they are going to take more than 5 minutes. Just like
stand-ups; if it’s too winding, it would be cold. You gotta catch your audience
while they are still hot in listening.
2. Elaborate
LATER
Elaborate
only after you’ve made your points. If your points cannot stand on its own,
i.e. without the elaboration, then your points are not clear enough. Rethink and
repackage your points.
3. Use
SIMPLE WORDS
The richest
business person or the most successful person doesn’t have time to figure out
metaphorical phrases or flowery languages. Use simple words, unless of course,
if you intend to write a script or prose or the next big novel.
4. Rules of
3
Always
repeat that one point three times in three different ways. For a good example,
always listen out to jingles and how they repeat the product’s/ brand’s name
for three times in three different ways under 30 seconds.
5.
Proofread.
After you’re
done, read it once through. If you keep stumbling on some words, chances are,
the structure of the sentences you’ve just written isn’t succinct enough, or it
doesn’t naturally roll off a human’s tongue. If that happens, you’ve gotta
repackage that sentence, so that it sounds more natural. People can relate
better to the point you’re making if it sounds natural to them. I mean, would
you go for something unnatural over something that is natural?