Learn to Pause
You want to speak with power? Learn how to pause. Naturally and regularly.
Pausing gives space to your thoughts.
Pausing gives you breathing space and the confidence that comes with a well oxygenated brain.
Pausing gives your audience the time to process what you are saying and the chance to feel safe in your hands. Don’t think that you are wasting your audience’s time. You are instead leading it, thought by thought.
‘Music is the silence between the notes’ said Claude Debussy. Isn’t that a powerful analogy?
