No more blanking out for me!
These podcasts must have been made specifically for me because I’ve blanked out more times than I can count on my fingers and toes. I remember one time specifically in the seventh grade when we were doing PowerPoint presentations on our dream vacation destinations, and I had spent ages meticulously setting up this elaborate and colorful presentation. It had transitions, colorful fonts, pictures; the whole nine yards. But, in the back of my head, the presentation always lingered like an unpaid Netflix bill or something. When the day finally came, I woke up with this heavy weight on my shoulders.
This was the day, that I knew I was going to mess up. I swear; I just wanted to run away from my middle school and never look back LMAO. But, of course, I went.
To make a long story even longer, when I went up to the front of the class I completely forgot about everything that I had practiced for weeks before. The teacher even allowed us notes to jumpstart our presentations, but it just wasn’t connecting for me. Obviously, I could say the words on the notecard, but I wasn’t then making that connection between those notes and a steady flow of communication. The “Speak Freely” podcasts have been giving me some great advice about kicking this habit in the bud and putting forth an effort to exercise this skill of conversation. I especially love the “magic trick” that Daniel mentions in one of the podcasts. I spend so much time in my own head when I’m trying to think of something to say, that I’m wasting time that I could have just spent actually saying what was naturally on my mind. The podcasts surround simple, yet genius concepts to get the conversation ball rolling, and that’s what I love about it. If you’re like me and you blank out like it’s your part-time job, you should definitely listen to these podcasts for some pointers.
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Content Review by: Tate Hawkins