Welcome to Speak At Your Prime Podcast∞, with 7 Continent Traveler & Public Speaking Professor John D. Lin!

Episode 12 helps you exterminate an even greater problem than having cockroaches in your house, yuck! What is that... eliminating human verbal cockroaches that you do not need and do not desire... filler words! Filler words are sounds or phrases you say to "fill" the time as you are thinking about what to say next. Though it occurs naturally, it is due to lack of training and awareness. It can often make you sound more unconfident and incompetent than you actually are.  Stop 1 roach and you stop them all. Just like filler words! Here you'll learn....

*How your first word and utterance should never be a filler word

*How your first word instantly sets you in the top 25% of best speakers if you use it correctly

*How to avoid fillers in the future by first becoming aware of what it is you are saying all the time

What is your "favorite" filler word and what will you do to begin eradicating it?

Thank you for joining us in eradicating the global fear of public speaking and face to face communication, starting with you!

Very truly yours,

JDL

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