Nausheen Chen

So for me, being an intentional speaker means taking a little bit of time to structure your thoughts, getting rid of filler words, being very mindful of who you're speaking with so that you don't use too much jargon. making sure that you're building in audience participation and engagement. All those things are intentional. They don't just happen.

So for me, being an intentional speaker means taking a little bit of time to structure your thoughts, getting rid of filler words, being very mindful of who you're speaking with so that you don't use too much jargon. making sure that you're building in audience participation and engagement. All those things are intentional. They don't just happen.

So for me, folks that work on their slides till the last possible minute and then just go and present by reading off of their slides, that's speaking on autopilot. Or when you speak up in a meeting and you haven't taken time to structure your thoughts and you litter them with filler words and run on sentences and you ramble, your message gets lost. No one really even remembers what you said.

So for me, folks that work on their slides till the last possible minute and then just go and present by reading off of their slides, that's speaking on autopilot. Or when you speak up in a meeting and you haven't taken time to structure your thoughts and you litter them with filler words and run on sentences and you ramble, your message gets lost. No one really even remembers what you said.

So for me, folks that work on their slides till the last possible minute and then just go and present by reading off of their slides, that's speaking on autopilot. Or when you speak up in a meeting and you haven't taken time to structure your thoughts and you litter them with filler words and run on sentences and you ramble, your message gets lost. No one really even remembers what you said.

That is unintentional speaking on autopilot, which most of us unfortunately do. So it's that transition from speaking the way that you've just learned to speak over the years to being very mindful and intentional about both your message and your delivery.

That is unintentional speaking on autopilot, which most of us unfortunately do. So it's that transition from speaking the way that you've just learned to speak over the years to being very mindful and intentional about both your message and your delivery.

That is unintentional speaking on autopilot, which most of us unfortunately do. So it's that transition from speaking the way that you've just learned to speak over the years to being very mindful and intentional about both your message and your delivery.

Belief, self-belief. There's a lot of negative self-talk that goes on in our heads and that happens to all of us. Very often, our brain tells us things that aren't necessarily true. So before you start a presentation, before you go on a podcast, your brain's telling you all these things about how you don't even belong there. You might mess up. The audience is going to judge you.

Belief, self-belief. There's a lot of negative self-talk that goes on in our heads and that happens to all of us. Very often, our brain tells us things that aren't necessarily true. So before you start a presentation, before you go on a podcast, your brain's telling you all these things about how you don't even belong there. You might mess up. The audience is going to judge you.

Belief, self-belief. There's a lot of negative self-talk that goes on in our heads and that happens to all of us. Very often, our brain tells us things that aren't necessarily true. So before you start a presentation, before you go on a podcast, your brain's telling you all these things about how you don't even belong there. You might mess up. The audience is going to judge you.

Remember that other experience you had that was awful? That's going to happen again. So you're getting all these thoughts because you have believed in them and you've never challenged them. So challenging those thoughts, that's the first thing that you can do to break that cycle. of always feeling nervous or always feeling less than.

Remember that other experience you had that was awful? That's going to happen again. So you're getting all these thoughts because you have believed in them and you've never challenged them. So challenging those thoughts, that's the first thing that you can do to break that cycle. of always feeling nervous or always feeling less than.

Remember that other experience you had that was awful? That's going to happen again. So you're getting all these thoughts because you have believed in them and you've never challenged them. So challenging those thoughts, that's the first thing that you can do to break that cycle. of always feeling nervous or always feeling less than.

And then, of course, there's the fight, flight, or freeze instinct that also kicks in the moment you start speaking.

And then, of course, there's the fight, flight, or freeze instinct that also kicks in the moment you start speaking.

And then, of course, there's the fight, flight, or freeze instinct that also kicks in the moment you start speaking.

When you're in the spotlight, very often our lizard brain kicks in and tells us that being in the spotlight with people looking at you, so eyes of strangers looking at you, being out in the open without a weapon, without anyone behind you, supporting you, looking out for you, it's all very bad. So we have these red flags, these dangerous signals that go off in our brain.

When you're in the spotlight, very often our lizard brain kicks in and tells us that being in the spotlight with people looking at you, so eyes of strangers looking at you, being out in the open without a weapon, without anyone behind you, supporting you, looking out for you, it's all very bad. So we have these red flags, these dangerous signals that go off in our brain.

When you're in the spotlight, very often our lizard brain kicks in and tells us that being in the spotlight with people looking at you, so eyes of strangers looking at you, being out in the open without a weapon, without anyone behind you, supporting you, looking out for you, it's all very bad. So we have these red flags, these dangerous signals that go off in our brain.