The critical speaking skill you are ignoring
The world is full of noise. Information flying at you left, right, and center. Rarely are you alone with your thoughts, or just being still without some form of stimulation for your brain.
Social media, email, text — you are always accessible by people around the world. Any time you are looking for something to do you reach for your phone to fill the void. You are no longer bored — ever.
This makes it hard to be present if something isn’t very engaging. It means you cannot be silent and just sit there with your thoughts.
And that is the critical life skill you are ignoring — silence.
Being comfortable with silence is a next level skill. You have heard about meditation and the benefits to the brain, and focus is an important part of this. The more stimulus flying at you the more your brain has to process, and the more it switches between contexts.
But you are wondering how this relates to public speaking.
Landing your message
Silence is a key skill for any public speaker who wants to land a message. Just as you have information flying at you, so does your audience. Rarely do people stop and think about what they have just consumed, and it turns into another fleeting thought that has been and gone…
