Secret Speaking Powers | Do People WANT to Listen to You? (Part 4)

Real Estate Coaching Radio · Sep 23, 2021 · 35m

Eliminate these linguistic foibles

1 - The Up-Swing. Ending declarative sentences with a question mark. Not only is this grammatically incorrect, it creates discomfort from your listener. If all of your sentences sound like questions, the listener is subconsciously compelled to say 'uh-huh' or 'mm-hum' or 'right', because you SOUND like you're asking a question.

Time magazine noted that a study found these speech patterns make "speakers sound less competent, less trustworthy, less educated and less hirable."

2 - The repetitive tic. 'Um', 'like', 'you know..' These are bridge words that…