A clear direction is to know clearly what the purpose of your study is. What problem do you want to solve? What effect is achieved?
Speech, although only a speech skill, is also an art in itself, which contains many different elements, and was briefly introduced in the last article. Therefore, when we study, we must first determine what we mainly want to learn according to our own situation. The clearer our goals and directions are, the more targeted we will be when we study and the faster we will grow.
The author has been engaged in speech training for more than three years and has contacted many students. Some students clearly tell themselves what they want to learn when consulting courses, such as speech logic, persuasion, sales, etc., while some students don't know much about speeches themselves, only know that they want to learn speeches, but they are at a loss about what to learn specifically. When these two types of students enter the classroom, the same courses, the same training and guidance, the degree of promotion will be obviously different, which is the difference caused by learning goals and directions.
So, before learning to speak, how did you determine your goals and directions? Here I suggest you analyze it from two aspects:
1, the basis of speaking for yourself
If you have had the experience of public speaking before, you will definitely expose some shortcomings in your speech, such as nervousness on stage, blank mind and incoherent speech. These exposed problems are what we need to pay attention to, that is, our learning goals and directions. When studying, we can focus on finding solutions to such problems.
2. Specific usage scenarios
Speech is a language tool, and most people learn it mainly for their daily work and life. Therefore, according to our own usage scenarios, we can make clear our own voice needs, and then make clear our learning direction.
For example, some people learn speech mainly for the daily meetings of the company, so what they need to learn is the ability of language organization, the logic of speech, and how to express their ideas and opinions clearly in concise and clear language. Some people have many foreign occasions and often hold some product launches and promotion meetings. What they need at this time is how to introduce their products and sell them wholesale. What they need to focus on is marketing logic.
Through these two ways, you can analyze your specific speech needs, and then determine your learning direction.
Second, firm belief.
A firm belief means that you have firm determination and confidence to change.
It is true that many people began to take action after they had the idea of learning to speak, but after practicing for a period of time, they either couldn't persist or felt that the effect was not great, lost confidence and gave up on themselves. This is also the main reason why most people can't improve their speaking ability.
As we all know, any change is a process from unaccustomed to accustomed, and this process of change often experiences some pain, which is why many people are unwilling to stick to it. However, although the process of change is painful, the joy, sense of accomplishment and the results are very beautiful.
Therefore, since we are aware of the importance of speech and have the idea of change, we must have the determination and confidence to change. This is the core element of the success of all changes.
Third, use the right method.
Using the right method means that we need to know how to learn and how to practice in order to produce results.
This involves the professional knowledge of speech, including cognition, thinking, skills, methods and so on. In this process, you can buy some authoritative speech books to learn, and you can also consult some professionals in the field of speech. But remember one thing, you must learn from those who have achieved. Many people will habitually ask their friends for advice when they encounter problems, but many times friends often don't understand or master this question, so they will answer according to their own understanding. But often these answers are unscientific and even wrong. If you take your friend's advice, it may backfire.
Therefore, to learn, we must find fruitful people and professional people to learn.
Fourth, find the right coach.
Finding the right coach means finding someone who can give you guidance, advice and help you plan your direction at any time.
As we said before, practice needs feedback. When we have the learning goals and methods, we should master and use these methods skillfully through practice. Then in the process of practice, how to ensure that we practice in the right direction and how to ensure that we will not take detours, at this time, the role of the coach is very important. Qualified coaches can guide us at any time according to our practice, constantly optimize and improve our methods and adjust our practice methods to ensure that we always move in the right direction.
Five, continuous practice
Continuous practice is to practice each method over and over again under the guidance of the coach, so that we can skillfully use each method until we practice each method into an instinct and can use it freely in future practical applications.
Sixth, practical application.
The purpose of learning is to apply. When we practice enough times, we need to use it in actual combat to test the results of learning and practice in actual combat. At the same time, find some remaining details in actual combat, and then go back and improve. Through practical application again and again, we will become more and more proficient in various methods and techniques of speech, the probability of making mistakes will become smaller and smaller, and our performance on the stage will become more and more successful and perfect.
The above six steps are essential for us to learn a good speech. As long as these steps are well done: having a goal, a direction, determination, action, guidance and actual combat, everyone can grow into a master speaker and become the most dazzling star on the stage.
Of course, in the specific practice, we may also encounter some obstacles, such as how to use the right method, how to find the right coach, how to create practice and actual combat occasions. These problems need to be decided according to everyone's specific situation. To solve these problems, it is suggested that qualified friends can find some formal and professional speech training institutions to study, which is also the quickest shortcut to improve their speech ability.