Speak Slowly 有话 您 您慢 慢 说

Speak Slowly

   We have a lot to say and only a short time in which to say it.The natural tendency is to try to pack in as we can .

   But communication is not about the number of things we say,it's about the number of things that are understood .Good speakers master a practice that is simple but powerful:they speak more slowly than others.

   Newsman David Brinkley's distinctive delivery is known to generations.He was a pioneer in network news,anchoring the original NBC news report before hosting the Sunday morning news analysis program This Week.

   He credits a teacher's simple advice for a great deal of his success."He said to me .'The faster you speak,the less people will understand you.Take that to hreat.'And I did."

   People rate speakers who speak more slowly as being 38 percent more knowledgeable than speakers who speak more quickly.