Improve Your Speaking

Recording yourself on video everyday is phenomenal advice. I tried it everyday for a week now and I can see a huge improvement not only in my speaking abilities but in my confidence when talking to people. I think this is the main reason why YouTubers become so sociable and confident...its because they record themselves almost everyday and learn from their mistakes. Thanks for the video Conor.

12 years later, it's still a phenomenal advice

“Only by speaking, do you turn into a speaker.” This nails the gist of the secret to mastery. Thank you so much!

Meanwhile me at 2:00 am getting motivated by this video😂

Hey, I watched this video to improve my public speaking 7 years ago for an extempore public speaking competition. Thanks to this I won not just 1 but multiple public speaking competitions, really appreciate this and ‘How to Start a speech”. Thank you!

Recording yourself and practicing on a daily basis are amazing ways to improve your English.

I think the "pottery" example was so on point. Making the goal about weight vs quality, enabled the first group to work without the pressure of "perfection". That's such a great trick we can all benefit from.

10,000 hours of practice can bring you every where.

I agree! Recording your speaking and watching yourself is the best way to improve your presenting skills. I think it's because when you give yourself feedback, you've got to listen. That's why I have students bring to class their charged smartphones, so I can record them on their phones when they give their presentations. I know that they will go home, look through their apps and photos, and ask themselves, "Am I going to delete this, ignore it, or am I going to watch myself." Those who decide to watch it are headed on their way to becoming great speakers. What do you think?

Great points Conor! I share with my students and in the leadership speeches I have given this idea that you're good at whatever you have done for 10,000 hours that I had learned from an MIT course I had taken! I love your style and depth, glad to subscribe to your channel! Very valuable!!!

I'm a Toastmasters member for the last 8 years and this is among the best advice I've ever come across about public speaking.

Indeed, when the practice becoming perfect, the perfection leads to success. Yes! hard work or smart work yields to profit.

The pottery class example is the best one I've ever heard about how to get the best results through a learning process. Thank you for sharing.

I've just realized, that i was subconsciously getting better at speaking, while learning, studying English. Yeah, in addition, I'm so passionately curious, and inquisitive to listen to people, to identify who they are, and etc( end of thinking capacity 😂). Passion is contagious. You just have to be doing things you compell!

What he said applies to almost everything in life. You don't get muscular with 1 month of training, but if you just keep going and grinding, you'll eventually attain a noticeable change in your body. If you want to get good at a game such as chess, as you play more and more against different players, ultimately you are going to master it. Wise words from this guy. Today's lesson was that no matter how little or big, always put it into the work and take action with what you have learned instead of just watching and reading the same or similar stuff about the subject.

I'm not really a good speaker but I can say I'm progressing well when I record self video then I listen after, then I try as hard as I can to speak more by choosing a specific topic sometimes randomly especially after reading book(s) . Thank you Conor ❤ to share this wonderful video

This man has class and depth.

Hey. I'm Joseph Renelle A. Mendoza from 12 - ABM JOBS of Eusebio HIghschool and I'd like to thank you for teaching me these lessons. I've learned from this that the best way to have improvised capabilities and in-depth quick-time analyzed speech is to just simply practice. By consistently submitting myself under the pressure of speech I am able to better myself of it, and become more fluent in the way that I present myself using my words. I've learned that with just experience, even through failure, I can better myself.

That guy is amazing! I will listen to him all day and not get tired.