One-minute Quick Tips to Sounding Confident

     Are you a busy Mom and a Corporate manager?
      Need a quick tip to relax your voice?
If you are stressed because of a hard day at the office, or the crazy traffic, or the frustration at getting everyone out of the house each morning; this stress will show up when you speak. If you are too tired because you stayed up late the night before, for whatever reason, this tension will reveal itself when you open your mouth to speak.

When your body and mind are worried or tense, your muscles tighten. This creates a direct link to your vocal muscles and your airwaves. The result is that your pitch level rises and your voice sounds raspy and nervous, or even tired. The bottom line is: when your muscles tighten your voice sounds tense. You certainly do not need this, especially before meeting a client or doing a group presentation!

You need to sound in control, self-assured, and especially avoid that irritating nervous tension in your voice that would make your listener think you are not the expert they were looking for. Here are 3 simple exercises that will take about a minute to help you relax your voice.

1. Get rid of muscle tension:While standing or sitting, mentally guide yourself through a tension-release exercise of your entire body parts from toes to neck, face, and head. Simply tighten those muscles for 3 seconds, and then let the tension go as you work your way up through your body.
2. Breathe deeply:Next, take 3 deep breaths as you feel your body and mind slowly relaxing.
3. Sigh: End with a big audible sigh (aahhh!) while mentally thinking, “Yes, I’m ready to go!”

Use these quick tips just before you need to speak to a group or present yourself at a job interview. Instantly, you will create a relaxed body and mind to give you the skill of controlling your voice and being an effective communicator.

From sounding like a high-strung nervous incompetent, instead you will produce a relaxed voice, and have time to organize your thoughts. You will have voice power!

Are you ready to have access to a bucketful of handy voice exercises for you last minute rush in un-frazzling yourself before your next presentation. This is just one example of vocal impact tips and tools from Brenda C Smith’s book: “Breathe… Just Steps to Breathtaking Speeches” available at most online book publishers click here. Be sure to like the book on the Facebook link and leave a comment.

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