not thinking about speaking

[Damian]

I read about 30-60 minutes a day and do daily mind training typically twice a day(in the morning and before bed and anytime in between if I have can squeeze it)
I don’t really think about the words I speak before I say them much anymore but rather focus more on enthusiasm but I still find myself having mini blocks or mini stutters when speaking. I don’t know if its a matter of slowing my speech down(1-2 count pause kinda thing) which seems awfully long to wait or is there something else Im missing.
Any suggestions? Anyone?

[Javier]

Hi Damian. I haven’t heard you speak, so I’m just guessing. Those mini-blocks may be because you’re speaking too fast and without pausing every few words. Have you tried speaking slightly slower and with more pronounciation? Most PWS that I’ve coached speak way too fast, and that doesn’t help. They don’t even realise that they are fast speakers, because it’s the way they’ve been speaking all their lives. And there are a lot of people out there who speak too fast too anyway. But when we slow down just a bit, and use C-9, our speech not only gets more fluent, it makes us better speakers than 90% of the world.

[Damian]

Thank you for the advice I will definitely try doing that. The other issue is that I have is the fear of speaking to large groups of people(say a meeting, wedding etc) and I realize the only way you can truly get good at public speaking is to practice actually doing it. I understand that there is a meeting here offered on a Saturday once a month or so but I work on Saturdays. I have thought of registering for Toast masters but I think that would be too overwhelming w my speech issue. I guess my question is are you aware of any other forum or group that perhaps could be small group practice?
Thank you Javier

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