Ted:ideas worth spreading
The human voice ,it’s the instrument we all play.it’s the most powerful sound in the world ,probably.it’s the only one can star say “i love you .”And yet many people have the experience that when they speak,people don’足球比赛英语t listen to them.And why is that.How can we speak powerfully to make change in the world?What i like to suggest,there are a lot of habits that we need to move away from.I’ve asmbled蓬莱旅游景点大全介绍 for your pleasure here,ven deadly sins of speaking.I’m not pretending this is an exhaustive list,but this ven ,I think ,are pretty large habits that we can all fall into.First,gossip.speaking ill of somebody who’s not prent.Not a nice habit ,and we know perfectly well the person gossiping ,five minutes later will be gossiping about us.Second,judging.We know people who are like this in conversation.and it’s very hard to listen to somebody if you know that you’re being judged and found wanting at the same time.Third,negativity.You can fall into this.My mother,in the last years of her life,became very negative,and it’s hard to listen.I remember one day,I said to her,”It’s October 1 today,”and she said,”I know,isn’t it dreadful?”It’s hard to listen when somebody’s that negative.And another from negativity,complaining.well, this is the national
art of the U.K.It’s our national sport.We complain about the weather,sport,about politics,about everything,but actually,complain viral miry.It’s not spreading sunshine and lightness in the world.Excus,We’ve all met this guy.Maybe we’ve all been this guy.Some people have a blamethrower.They just pass it on to everybody el and don’t take responsibility for their actions,and again hard to listen to somebody who is being like that.Penultimate,the sixth of the ven,embroidery,exaggeration.It demeans our language,actually,sometimes.For example,if I e something that really is awesome,what do I call it?And then of cour,this exaggeration become lying,and we don’t want to listen to people we know are lying to us.And finally,dogmatism.The confusion of facts with opinions.When tho things get conflated you’re listening into the wind.You know,somebody is bombarding you with their opinions as if they were true.It’s difficult to listen to that.so here they are ,ven deadly sins of speaking.the are things I think we need to avoid.But is there a positive way to think about this?yes,there is .I’d like to suggest that there are four really powerful cornerstones,foundations,that we can stand on if we want our speech to be powerful and to make change in the world .Fortunately,the
re things spell a word.The word is “hail,”and it has a great definition as well.I’不可思议的反义词m not talking about the stuff that falls from the sky and hits you on the head.I’m talking about this definition to greet or acclaim enthusiastically,which is how I think our words will be received if we stand on the four things.So what do they stand for?See if you can guess.The H,honesty,of cour,being true in what you say,being straight and clear.The A is authenticity,just being yourlf.A friend of mine described it as standing in your own truth,which I think is a lovely way to put it.The I is integrity,being you word,actually doing what you say,and being somebody people can trust.And the is love.I don’t mean romantic love,but I do mean wishing people well ,for two reasons.First of all,I think absolute honesty may not be what we want.I mean,my goodness,you look ugly this morning.Perhaps that’s not necessary.Tempered with love,of cour,honesty is a great thing.But also,if you’re really wishing somebody well,it’s very hard to judge them at the same time.I’m not sure you can do tho two things simultaneously.So hail.Also,now that’s what you say,it’棒棒糖卡通图片s also the way that you say it.You have an amazing toolbox.This instrument is incredible,and yet this is a toolbox that very few people have ever opened.I’
d like to have a little rummage in there with you now and just pull a few tools out that you might like to take away and play with,which will increa the power of your speaking.Register,for example.Now,faltto register may not be very uful most of the time,but there’s a register in between.I’m not going to get very technical about this for any of you who are voice coaches.You can locate your voice,however.So if I talk up here in my no,you can hear the difference.If I go down here in my throat,which is where most of us speak from most of the time.But if you want weight,you need to go down here to the chest.You hear the difference?We vote for politicians with lower voice,it’s true,becau we associate depth with power and with authority.That’s register.Then we have timbre.It’s the way your voice feels.Again,the rearch shows that we prefer voices which are rich,smooth,warm,like hot chocolate.Well if that’s not you,that’s not the end of the world,becau you can train.Go and get a voice coach.And there are amazing things you can do with breathing,with posture,and with exercis to improve the timbre of your voice.Then 三角肌前束prosody.I love prosody.This is the sing-song,the meta-language that we u in order to impart meaning.It’s root one for meaning in conversation.People who spe
ak all on one note are really quite hard to listen to if they don’t have any prosody at all.That’s where the word “monotonic”comes from,or monotonous,monotone.Also,we have repetitive prosody now coming in,where every ntence ends as if it were a question.When it沙龙开户’s actually not a question,it球类运动有哪些’s a statement?And if you repeat that one,it’s actually restricting your ability to communicate through prosody,which I think is a shame,so let’s try and break that habit.Pace.I can get very excited by saying something really quickly,or I can slow right down to emphasize,and at the end of that,of cour,is our old friend,silence.There段确’s noting wrong with a bit of silence in a talk,is there?We don’t have to fill it with ums and ahs.It can be very powerful.Of cour,pitch often goes along with pace to indicate arousal,but you can do it just with pitch.Where did you leave my keys?(Higher pitch)Where did you leave my keys?So slightly difference meaning in tho two deliveries.And finally,volume.(Loud)I can get really excited by using volume.Sorry about that,if I started anybody.Or,I can have you really pay attention by getting very quiet.Some people broadcast the whole time.Try not to do that.That’s called sodcasting.Imposing your sound on people around you carelessly and inconsiderately.
Not nice.of cour,where this all comes into play most of all is when you’ve got something really important to do.It might be standing on a stage like this and giving a talk to people.It might be proposing marriage,asking for a rai,a wedding speech.Whatever it is ,if it’s really important,you owe it to yourlf to look at this toolbox and the engine that it’s going to work on,and no engine works well without being warmed up.Warm up your voice.Actually,let me show you how to do that.Would you all like to stand up for a moment?I’m going to show you the six vocal warm-up exercis that I do before every talk I ever do.Any time you’re going to talk to anybody important,do the.First,arms up,deep breath in,and sigh out,ahhhhh, more time.Ahhh,very good.Now we’re going to warm up our lips,and we’re going to going to go Ba,Ba,Ba,-----.Very good.And now,brrrrrrr,just like when you were a kid.Brrr.Now your lips should be coming alive.We’re going to do the tongue next with exaggerated la,la,la,la----.Beautiful.You’re getting really good at this.And then,roll an R.Rrrrrrr.That’s like champagne for the tongue.Finally,and if I can only do one,the pros call this the siren.It’s really good.It starts with “we”and goes to”aw.”The “we”is high ,the “aw”is low.So you go,”weeeaawww,---------”.
Fantastic,Give yourlves a round of applau.Take a at,thank you.Next time you speak,do tho in advance.Now let me just put this in context to clo.This is a rious point here.This is where we are now,right?We speak not very well to people who simply aren’t listening in an environment that’s all about noi and bad acoustics.I have talked about that on this stage in different phas.What would the world be like if we were speaking powerfully to people who listening consciously in environments which were actually fit for purpo?Or to make that a bit larger,what would the world be like if we were creating sound consciously and consuming sound consciously and designing all our environments consciously for sound?That would be a world that does sound beautiful,and one where understanding would be the norm,and that is an idea worth spreading.Thank you.(Applau)
