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How to Make Your Words More Powerful #shorts

Name: How to Make Your Words More Powerful #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-10-27T19:00:24+00:00
Duration: 51 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this concise instructional video, trial attorney Jefferson Fisher shares three practical techniques to make spoken and written language more powerful…

27 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional video, trial attorney Jefferson Fisher shares three practical techniques to make spoken and written language more powerful. He advises eliminating adverbs (especially those ending in -ly such as "very" or "really") to avoid weakening statements, expanding contractions (e.g., saying "I will not" instead of "I won't") to add emphasis and slow the delivery, and replacing ellipses with periods to end sentences decisively. The overall message is that removing filler and using stronger, clearer phrasing creates more impactful communication.

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How to make your words more powerful. My name is Jefferson Fisher. I'm a trial attorney and I teach people how to argue and communicate. If you want stronger sentences, then we have to get rid of the things that water it down. Like number 1, eliminate the adverbs. Those are words like so, very, and lots of words that end with -ly. Really, literally, basically, absolutely. There's a ton of them. And what they do is just make your words less impactful. It's not that you are so mad, you are livid. It's not that you're very happy, you're thrilled. Number 2, separate the contraction. Oftentimes you can have more impact when you slow down the contraction. Instead of, "I won't do that," "I will not do that." "I'm hungry," "I am hungry." And number 3, use periods, not ellipses. End your sentences strong. Nobody is ever going to complain that what you had to say didn't take up enough time. So try that and follow me.