Chapter 14
Perfecting Your Persuasive Voice
In This Chapter
Connecting with your authentic self
Finessing your instrument
Engaging with your listener
Your voice is you. It is your history. It is your present. Your voice reveals your excitement and your anxiety, your pleasures and your pains, your victories and your defeats. Your voice is more than an instrument for relaying facts and data: your voice exposes your attitudes and emotions, too.
Both at work and in your private life, the words and phrases you adopt, the tone and pace at which you communicate, and the way you embrace the powerful pause reflect your beliefs and values as well as your thoughts, attitudes and feelings.
Knowing Your Different Voices
The most effective voices are:
Relaxed. The sound freely resonates throughout your body, free of blockages in your head, nose, throat, upper chest and elsewhere caused by pressures and anxiety.
Approachable. This voice is void of obstacles such as judgments, prejudices and sarcasm ...
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