Do you get choked or go out of words in any presentation? do you get nervous talking to strangers? do you get blank before an interview? do you think speakers are born and you can never be confident in addressing mass or presenting your ideas? do you get hiccups before a sales pitch? etc. There are many instances when we feel shy or fear to speak or fail to express ourselves clearly.

Great communicators like Bill Clinton said-

 

If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”

Winston Churchill has said once

 

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts” Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

how important is communication need no introduction? The only skill, that has an impact on human evolution is the communication of information and knowledge from one generation to the next, how important communication needs no proof.

Communication definition by scholars

Keith Davis said

“Communication is a process of passing information and understanding from one person to another”

John Adair said

“ Communication is essentially the ability of one person to make contact with another and make himself or herself understood”

Lastly, it is a process of meaningful interaction among human beings“.

Had it not been the passing on of information from one generation to other we would have been still nomads in the jungle. 

The revolution in communication means has brought us till here the age of web 3.0 and still to go for many human feats.

This article, here it is more about communication skills and communication with self to excel in life.

Advantages of effective communication

The ability to communicate effectively has many advantages and it is said.

” The war of steel and gunpowder has been taken over by the power of tongue or words”

Better bilateral talks prevent war better negotiations can prevent Wars and Killings

The skill which is one of the most important abilities to excel in the carrier can be mastered and it needs practice, the more you practice the better you become, it is one of the traits of a Leader. All great successful people were great in communication skills and have changed the course of history Like Vivekananda, Subhas Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi, Marting Luther King, etc.

Good communication skills are a benchmark for the selection in interviews, winning contracts, winning friends and influencing others, getting an appraisal, promotion, sales pitch, and Where not.

 

Anyone can be a better communicator

The skill can be learned and mastered there are a plethora of courses in the market to take and become skilled, but few other aspects are required even after courses are mentioned ahead.

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Internal preparation- 

Preparing yourself internally for self-talk and change to accept yourself and be ready to improve 

• MInd set- The skill can be mastered and can be learned properly,  Need to approach with a positive mind frame to accept and get changed.
• Live in now – One of the powerful minds set is to live in the present situation and not bother about future the result avoid carrying  worry about the past results, which might block your ability and will affect your performance
• Practice- Any skill is useless unless it is practiced and implemented, no matter how expensive and pedigree is.
• Adrenaline rush  – it is active when you practice and perform, When your body experiences a great amount of stress from your environment, there is a release of adrenaline. This release helps you focus so you can take on the situation. 
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External Preparation

• Start with a hook – To engage the listener one should start with interesting aspects or talks to make the audience or listener connected to the topic
• calm self – deep breath- Before starting few deep breaths will calm and focus you and give you confidence
• Body language- Carry yourself and it is said that 80% of communication is done subconsciously and to tap the benefits be concurrent to what you speak and act, your voice, content, and posture play an important role to capture the aura and audience constant attention.
• Pause practice- speech is silver and silence is gold, it is very important to understand the skill of pausing during a presentation or speech, many great curators make their speech effective just by adding pauses in between to keep the audience engaged with suspense and interest.
• Practice mock script – Unless practiced one cannot perform on stage though it does not apply to highly skilled however any professional presentation does need proper practice to deliver effectively, A well-known speaker expressed once he did not practice and went blank on stage, So he make sure that he practices whenever he goes for performance
• Practice presentation beforehand till you are confident-So being in time to reduce nervousness and practicing a mock will certainly build that confidence to face the audience

Handling difficult situation

In case you are asked questions in interviews, seminars, or presentations, and if you are not able to answer or you don’t know the answer, just understand that under the sun no one knows everything. Be patient and ensure you attend to it even after the event

• Question that you can’t answer you can take the time or ask the SME to answer that later

Starting is Raw:-

No one ever was perfect the first time in anything perfection is a journey, and improvement is evolution, one can become an effective communicator through proper practice and guidance by either learning through mentors or classes and content readings, etc.

Conclusion

Communication skill is one of the most important skills to master and it can be achieved through proper guidance and practice. It takes time and anyone can learn and master it with dedication and time devotion.

Lastly –

Gifted speakers are born but effective speakers are made, anyone can learn this skill