Train your improvisation
Communication and Voice · Intermediate
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Improvising well isn't about a smooth tongue: it's about having structures ready in advance.
Micro-habits to get started
Small actions of a few minutes to start this habit:
One minute on a random object
Grab the first thing you see and talk for sixty seconds using one structure.
Past-present-future, or point-reason-example-point.
1 minStart with the conclusion
In your next contribution, say your conclusion first and develop it afterward.
If you get cut off or lose your thread, the important part is already out.
1 minRestate to buy time
Faced with a hard question, restate it before answering.
It buys two seconds of thinking, shows you listened, and doesn't sound like a stall.
1 min