ARE YOU TRAPPED IN A VOICE THAT YOU DON’T WANT?

For most of my life, I did not like the voice that people heard from me, and I grew up believing that my birth voice was a genetic outcome. I was safe and comfortable listening to myself from inside my head when I spoke. However, I was ashamed if I heard the recording of my voice, and when I did, it undermined my self-confidence.

Your voice’s impact is the most important thing you have to express yourself and the content you deliver. Roger Love, a well-known voice coach, explains that within the first 30-60 seconds of you speaking, people will quickly jump into making mostly incorrect judgments of you— because of your voice. The content you deliver will become secondary.

Love’s focus on two fundamental voice aspects: melody to achieve what he calls the “happy voice” people want to hear, and volume to fill the room. As you progress, you can focus fine-tuning the many other aspects of your voice. For the last year, most of us were forced to become experts in online communication because of the pandemic. Does your voice online project self-confidence and help others trust your offer’s expertise and value?