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Roger Love:
Let me tell you, my friend, the words that you speak only count for about 5% to 8% of whether or not anyone even believes what you are saying.

Vocal Coach, Roger Love…

What matters has to do with the sounds your voice makes - aside from the words - and people don’t know that.

It’s like, hey, if I have the right suit, or if I comb my hair the right way, I’m going to have a better life. And, then, they don’t get what they want.

One very common problem is people have no melody in their voice.

It’s as if there was just one piano key, and they keep hitting the same key over and over and over and over again. That’s called monotone.

The truth is, if I speak like, this you just want to hang up on me as fast as possible, or turn away to someone who’s more interesting.

To put more melody in your voice…

Literally, when you’re speaking, just force yourself to sometimes go up. And,force yourself to sometimes go down.

And, Roger says people who say "um" and "ah" a lot in their pauses can stop doing that, if they stop pausing.

If I’m speaking, and I stop, there’s a pause there and the natural inclination is to fill it.

Whereas, instead of pausing, I just stretch the words out. So instead of me saying, “The hills are alive with the sound of music,” I say (stretching the words) “The hills are alive with the sound of music.” Do you see what I’m doing?

For more, you can link to Roger’s website from ours, SomethingYouShouldKnow.net. I'm Mike Carruthers, and that's Something You Should Know.