Why You Struggle to ARTICULATE Your THOUGHTS Clearly. 5 TRUTHS!

Do you struggle to articulate your thoughts clearly? When you speak, do you get your thoughts muddled and your thoughts come out in a jumbled way? Do you find that your thoughts are clear in your mind, but when you go to speak, they're not clear anymore?!

Being able to articulate your thoughts clearly doesn't come naturally to many people. In fact, most people are unable to articulate their thoughts well. Sometimes it's because you're trying too hard. Other times it's because you haven't put enough thought into what you want to say before you start to speak.

There are a number of reasons as to why you can't articulate your thoughts clearly. In this video, I share 7 of the most common reasons as to why you struggle to articulate your thoughts clearly.

Timestamps:
00:00 Why you can't articulate your thoughts clearly
00:37 Do you speak too fast?
01:49 Do you communicate too much?
03:14 Do you understand the question?
04:38 Do you focus on sounding intelligent?
05:38 Do you use variety in your vocabulary?
07:18 Do you have anxiety? (Fight or flight)
09:50 Do you use this 3-step formula?

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[driversl]

Anxiety would just shut my brain down during normal meetings where I had to brief. If the stakes were very high, adrenaline would help overcome. Day to day stuff, I’d get so nervous I’d lose track of my thoughts mid sentence.

[althalos]

My biggest annoyance is that I always realize what I should have said and how easy it would have been, but never on the spot, only after the conversation has already taken place. That I'm always best at articulating my thoughts when I'm alone and not under any pressure, but I guess that is due to anxiousness.
But thank you for the video! Thinking on the spot is something I'm trying to work on, and you gave some good advice!

[PromoCodeLady]

For me overthinking blocks my existence. Knowing too much and not enough is the death and life of me.

[Hagalazii]

Some people are good at talking, some people are good at listening and asking. Both styles can guide a conversation toward their destination. This is what I've learned.

[TADSkewd]

There’s a whole other conversation going through my head while I’m also trying to talk….

[sadepennbrook]

Turns out my inarticulation was early onset dementia at 35. One of the key clues is when common advice like this video doesn't apply to you and specifically my inability to retain anything I was told or read no matter how many times I tried to learn it. That and recurrent brain fog. I'm literally losing my mind until I don't recognize who I am anymore. I learned some people just have undiagnosed autism or language disorders. If you struggle despite advice, consider your brain's health.

[jessejules]

The problem with taking time to think about what you want to say, is that if an idea suddenly comes while someone else is talking you don't want to be thinking about what you want to say because you might miss a vital piece of information from the person talking.

[nekto]

#4 is one of my biggest pet peeves. I actually ended up working with a whole bunch of people who would only converse using industry jargon, and obviously tried so hard to sound intelligent and very educated. All that resulted in them discussing the same subject, same idea, for like an hour (and I did time that!).

[castellp]

Since I'm alone the majority of the time, I don't verbalize my thoughts often. Hanging out with people is a rare and special treat for me.

[angelolivares]

Reading and deep breathing are the ones that work best for me. Also having a constant internal dialog this way you can practice articulation with yourself, sometimes I like to imagine I'm explaining my ideas to other people and this helps a lot too

[miskerassefa]

1. jump to fast
2. Your trying to communicate a lot at once
3. You don't understand the question
4. You try to sound more intelligent
5. You use the same vocabulary

[jessicafb]

8am global team meetings where we all give updates of all of the projects we’re working on — I now write down all of my notes, which makes it much easier to be articulate! I’ve begun doing this EOD Friday, so I’m ready to go Monday AM. 😄

[austinhernandez]

I have social anxiety. Sometimes I struggle just to speak. So that's one reason for me.

[Rainmakers]

Agree. Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than you speak and remove all doubt. Ben Franklin.

[nathanharmon]

Weirdly, I’ve found that I’ve developed a stutter as I’ve grown older (30s currently). I think it’s because I’ve got a traffic jam of information from brain to mouth. The second tip is really helpful. Stop. Pick what you want to get across. Make a plan to get there. Then speak slowly.

[pokeystar]

I've always struggled with this. When I was younger I unfortunately was always around very assertive people who spoke up at every opportunity. You sort of just learn to fade away into the background and listen to how well they articulate and think....If only I could communicate like that. Now YouTube just shadowbans everything I say anyway. Great video!!!

[Utah_Man_Sir]

You have just described me perfectly. I usually get stuck when the precise word I want just does not come to me. Embarrassing and frustrating,

[tonykelpie]

A very common and sometimes serious problem in communication is people not having thought exactly what they want to say before they start to speak. So - think more before you speak, write down the precise words, or at least the outline, before you start talking

[justinaikwen]

Thank you so much. this video relates to me. Lately I have been thinking something is wrong with me because I struggle to put my thoughts together and communicate effectively but after watching this I now know that nothing is wrong with me I just have to put in work. Thanks again

[toofy]

Wow, this is like 100 percent my problem. Its my biggest struggle when anxious. When anxious, everything else fails with speaking clearly fo people who need well summarized talking points