Michael Chad Hoeppner

Most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long, I'm great at this. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

Most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long, I'm great at this. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

Most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long, I'm great at this. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

My funny answer to your question is that I think for both groups, their perception is not equal to reality. And what I mean by that is most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. They have some sort of tape playing in their head about how bad they are in this situation. They can't tell stories. They can't tell jokes.

My funny answer to your question is that I think for both groups, their perception is not equal to reality. And what I mean by that is most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. They have some sort of tape playing in their head about how bad they are in this situation. They can't tell stories. They can't tell jokes.

My funny answer to your question is that I think for both groups, their perception is not equal to reality. And what I mean by that is most of the folks who think they're terrible communicators, they're not actually as bad as they think. They have some sort of tape playing in their head about how bad they are in this situation. They can't tell stories. They can't tell jokes.

And usually they're being too hard on themselves. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long. I'm great at this. You know, I've been talking to groups my whole life. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

And usually they're being too hard on themselves. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long. I'm great at this. You know, I've been talking to groups my whole life. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

And usually they're being too hard on themselves. And on the flip side, the people are like, ah, I communicate all day long. I'm great at this. You know, I've been talking to groups my whole life. Very often, they're not nearly as good as they think.

The thing I see the most commonly, and I'll give it one big title, but then I'll show you how it manifests in a bunch of behaviors, is that people contract when they're in these higher stakes kind of communication situations. And I mean that technically.

The thing I see the most commonly, and I'll give it one big title, but then I'll show you how it manifests in a bunch of behaviors, is that people contract when they're in these higher stakes kind of communication situations. And I mean that technically.

The thing I see the most commonly, and I'll give it one big title, but then I'll show you how it manifests in a bunch of behaviors, is that people contract when they're in these higher stakes kind of communication situations. And I mean that technically.

They close their mouth more, they use their face in an expressive way less, they restrain their hand gestures, they collapse their posture, they breathe in a more limited way, they use less vocal variety, they use less dynamic enunciation, all of those things.

They close their mouth more, they use their face in an expressive way less, they restrain their hand gestures, they collapse their posture, they breathe in a more limited way, they use less vocal variety, they use less dynamic enunciation, all of those things.

They close their mouth more, they use their face in an expressive way less, they restrain their hand gestures, they collapse their posture, they breathe in a more limited way, they use less vocal variety, they use less dynamic enunciation, all of those things.

The problem with this is that what ends up happening is they don't look like more professional or more dignified or as though they're conveying more gravitas. No, they just look like a more limited version of themselves. bored by their topic, perhaps. And the assumption they make that I should be more serious or I should be more professional shoots them in the foot pretty badly.

The problem with this is that what ends up happening is they don't look like more professional or more dignified or as though they're conveying more gravitas. No, they just look like a more limited version of themselves. bored by their topic, perhaps. And the assumption they make that I should be more serious or I should be more professional shoots them in the foot pretty badly.

The problem with this is that what ends up happening is they don't look like more professional or more dignified or as though they're conveying more gravitas. No, they just look like a more limited version of themselves. bored by their topic, perhaps. And the assumption they make that I should be more serious or I should be more professional shoots them in the foot pretty badly.

That then manifests into a whole bunch of things, more monotone voice, faster rate of speech, more stumbles, more ums and uhs and filler, but you can trace a lot of that back to that first initial adjustment of contracting. And is that nerves? What causes that? Well, for some people, yeah, for sure.

That then manifests into a whole bunch of things, more monotone voice, faster rate of speech, more stumbles, more ums and uhs and filler, but you can trace a lot of that back to that first initial adjustment of contracting. And is that nerves? What causes that? Well, for some people, yeah, for sure.