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How to Respond with Confidence #shorts

Name: How to Respond with Confidence #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-10-15T19:00:21+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this concise instructional YouTube short, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, presents three practical strategies for speaking with confidence. First, she advises…

15 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional YouTube short, Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, presents three practical strategies for speaking with confidence. First, she advises eliminating filler words (e.g., "um") and using a brief breath or pause as the opening of a sentence, emphasizing that silence can be more powerful than unnecessary verbal clutter. Second, she recommends adopting a neutral, assured tone—illustrated by the example of asking for the salt—as a way to remove uncertainty from one’s voice, even when delivering statements like "I can get it to you by Monday." Third, she suggests swapping tentative phrases for more confident language, such as replacing "Does that make sense?" with "What are your thoughts?" and "I think so" with "I believe so" or "I'm fairly certain," while reframing uncertainty statements like "I'm not sure" to "I haven't run across that yet." The video concludes by urging viewers to apply these tips to respond more confidently.

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How to respond with confidence. Number 1, don't start your sentence with a filler word like, um, we got to stop that. I know you don't mean to, but you are tanking your sentence before you even get it out. Instead, let your breath be the first word that you say. So just in, out, and then respond. You will always say so much more with silence than you ever can with words. Number 2, use a tone like you're asking somebody to pass the salt. You don't say, can you pass the salt? As if you don't know what it is. You say, can you pass the salt? The same way when you ask a question, eliminate the uncertainty from your voice when you use that tone. So instead of, "I can get it to you by Monday," "I can get it to you by Monday." And number 3, use more confident phrases. Instead of, "Does that make sense?" say, "What are your thoughts?" Rather than, "I think so," "I believe so," "I'm fairly certain." And instead of, "I'm not sure," say, "I haven't run across that yet." And that's how to respond with confidence. So try that and follow me.