The most important advice I can give you in regards to becoming a World Class Communicator is this: Passion always trumps Perfection. Consider the last youth play or performance you attended. The young people you saw may not have been the best actors or actress in the world, but the fun they had on stage was well worth your time in gold. Why? Because they performed with a passion and excitement. As a result, you did not care if little Johnny missed a line, or if Miss Mary sang off key. You just enjoyed watching them enjoy themselves. This type of enjoyment is contagious. Here is another example. Do you have one of those friends that when they are trying to tell you a joke, they start cracking up laughing before they can get to the punch line? Of course we all have. And what do you start doing? You probably start laughing right along with them because of the joy they are showing telling the joke. The same thing can happen when you speak. Once you start speaking with passion and enjoyment, your audience will fall in love with your passion and not even notice your imperfection when speaking.
According to Dr. Albert Mehrabian, a well-known communications researcher, the meaning of your message is communicated by the following percentages:
7% = Words you say
38% = Tone in which you say it
55% = Body language
As you can see by these results, 93% percent of your message is going to be communicated by expressions of your passion, that being the way you say it and the enthusiasm the audience sees.
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