I have this problem being heard in a group of people! When i am in a meeting or group discussion and I start to say something, someone else always starts talking at the same time or just a fraction after i have started to speak. Needless to say, the other person always "wins" and even though other people are aware that i am trying to talk, they never come back to me and say "sorry, what was you about to say?". Even if I wait for a good enough pause in order to start talking, it STILL happens.. some one will start at the same time. Its uncanny, almost as if everyone is just waiting for me to open my mouth so that they can talk over me!
This problem led me to develop an annoying interrupting habit which really wound people up so I have now learned to control this, but i now find that by the time I can get a word in, the subject has moved on and my point is no longer valid.!
I also find it very difficult to get attention in a room full of people when i want to make an announcement for example. No matter how much i raise my voice, i am just ignored yet some people can merely tap a pen on the table or say "scuse me " and everyone pays attention.. I once actually blew a whistle and everyone stopped and looked at me, but when i started to speak they all went back to what they were doing and ignored me!! Its unbelievable!
What am I doing wrong ?
Unheard voice
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by Pippystardust » Mon Sep 26, 2011 3:13 pm
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by Self Exploration » Tue Sep 27, 2011 6:15 am
You have to go over and over it in your mind, seeing they are hearing you, they have heard you.
At the start this will not come in clearly but it is like a weak muscle.
You have to do it repeatedly.
I would assume it will take you a month to change it.
At the start this will not come in clearly but it is like a weak muscle.
You have to do it repeatedly.
I would assume it will take you a month to change it.
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by simonr » Wed Sep 28, 2011 7:18 pm
is hard to learn. Without going through all the presentation techniques (and there are hundreds!) that will help, you might consider getting reading a book called 'Presence" by Patsy Rodenburg. (Review here: http://www.curved-vision.co.uk/patsy-ro ... eview.html)
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