Are you a soft spoken person?

A lot of you in my audience struggle with speaking louder. This one SIMPLE mindset shift called "Neutral Ears" will allow you to practice being louder without feeling judgement from others. It gives you an opportunity to iron out all the kinks and make the new behaviours more natural over time.

Every day we have so many opportunities to practice! Think about it this way... Every time you open your mouth and speak, that's an opportunity to practice.

Share this with a friend who needs to speak up!

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[brightcommstrinidad]

When this professor says "It's so difficult to break out from it" I can almost feel it .... I feel that too with many habits I don't want to have anymore

[subh_]

Wow. Now I will try this thing on every random person. will be sometimes soft, loud, more emphasis on certain words, slow, and tonnes of other permutations. To train my vocals and be able to switch between these based on the situation. Thank you again! Who knows maybe we meet, and I use you as a neutral ear. 😂

[luckyplier]

everytime i listen to one of yours, my passion for communication rise.

[Beezo-ji]

its beautiful to see older people learning from younger teachers. This shows we are students at every stage of life. We are never old enough to learn something new❤

[LMCScout]

I have an alarmingly deep voice for my age, but I’m also mostly soft-spoken, so my voice doesn’t travel too far and no one really listens sadly. But when I get annoyed or mad my deep voice gets loud enough it startles people.

[enoshkofler]

Vinh, I've joined the Stage Academy and am loving it so far. As a naturally soft-spoken person, sometimes just trying to raise my volume isn't very effective. It might be a little louder, but I feel that I'm not accessing a richness and resonance, but rather straining my voice. My pitch also goes up, which I don't want. You have such a wonderful resonance and richness to your voice, which I'm sure you cultivated with specific practices that go beyond just speaking louder. Could you, in a future video, go into developing volume the right way, with depth and richness, rather than strain? Big thanks for your work!

[blvrryvhs]

sometimes i put on an accent with people i’ve never spoken to, it weirdly gives me confidence to use a voice that goes outside the habitual one i’ve built

[TheRozylass]

What a brilliant concept--for just about any change you want to make in your character or personality.

[MsArinay-]

Its so refreshing to finally see some confirmation. I always told people how I feel uncomfortable trying new things like these with people I know and prefer to do it with strangers because there’s no bias. And people would always tell me that I should practice first with family and friends because if not I wouldn’t “dare” to do it with strangers. But normally you don’t care what random people think, you care about what important people say or think. So this makes so much more sense to me.

[gehtniemandenwasan]

I prefer soft-spoken people. Don't get me wrong people who have energy and are loud can be nice too. But they usually talk over you and drown your voice out. Talking to a soft-spoken person on the other hand is always nice and calming. They will listen to you and neutrally talk to you.

[PS-yyhw]

I'm so glad I found your channel Vinh.❤
You are helping so many people who are at war within against themselves; who want to change but don't know how.😂

[tontongasy]

Thanks for sharing your video Vinh. I faced the same problem and decide to join a public speaking club, Toastmasters. The latter helped me dig deeper into the issue, offer training and a practice environment. Beyond not feeling judgement from others, I'm being more confident now.

[jwoods]

Respectfully agree and disagree with need to change around strangers. Work and personal folks aren’t necessarily put-off by the change. Try speaking up around friends/family/work, it might be a very welcoming experience for all and you will personally feel better about being heard with the folks that know and love you! I did it many years ago, one of the best changes I’ve ever made!

[MissesWitch]

this is why when I go on holidays I always go to some far off place <3

so I have a fresh start!

[MeettheTings]

THANKS VINH! (sorry just practicing neutral ears!) - Great video once again!

[JuanCarlos-ggun]

This is so amazing!! Neutral ears!! I'll try it.

[eliftr]

As a soft-spoken person, I will try this technique but I feel like I won't be comfortable with trying to do it for a long time because I have almost always felt uncomfortable whenever I have had to speak louder than the natural volume of my voice, especially when I'm with people that I've just met or known only for a very short period of time. I mean there is nothing wrong with being soft-spoken, actually. The thing is that it just does not work in certain situations and with assertive and extroverted people being around you. Then literally almost nobody hears you because the way those louder and talkative people normally speak catches attention of others more. I wish people would just stop disregarding soft-spoken people just because they are soft-spoken so everyone can speak the way they naturally do and are comfortable with.

[MrMdhoward]

I’ve found this same thing works with opening up about yourself

[Pathlogos]

Wow.... just started watching Vinh a week back. On the 2nd day tried speaking louder and with more expression with my 7 ur old daughter while driving her back from school. She said:- dad you don't sound like this, be yourself . That voice change ended there and stopped watching his videos too for 5 days. Accidentally came upon this video today on a lazy Sunday afternoon . I guess I'll have to find Jessica.

[chumjetza]

I know exactly what he is talking about. I want to change that as well step by step :)

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