Yes, I acknowledge it. This is the opposite of what I usually tell you.
Most of the time, I’m all about getting women (especially) to understand that you are better than you think you are, so you can stop hiding out and feeling like a fraud. So you can own your value and the value of everything you have to offer, and we can hear that in your voice.
But there’s a time when you’re NOT as good as you think you are.
It’s when you’ve finally gotten yourself to get out there and speak. You’ve got some experience. You feel like you’ve got your story down. You’ve given your talk or presentation many times, and you’re getting some good feedback.
You think you sound pretty good, and you think you don’t need a speaking coach anymore.
Or, WHEW, you’re glad you never spent the money on that speaker coach you talked to. I knew I could do it myself, you say.
Ooops.
You’ve forgotten a crucial thing about your brain. Or, maybe, you never knew this – your brain is messing with you.
You don’t hear yourself accurately. Or more correctly, you don’t LISTEN to yourself accurately.
