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find ways to articulate better by
reading more have you ever heard the
saying that if you want to be more
articulate if you want to be a better
speaker you got to read more well
sometimes you read as much as you can
you read every day you read more 10 20
chapters a day and you still find
yourself not articulating better than
you thought it would and you still find
it that how is it that I'm reading as
much as I can I'm reading a bunch of
different topics and I still find that I
am not speaking as well as I would like
well in this video I want to share with
you five ways how you can make the most
out of your reading how can you make
sure that when you read that it is
contributing to Improvement in your
speaking because here's the thing
reading helps you to formulate your
arguments it helps you to express your
perspectives and share your opinions and
there are foundational pieces to have
impact for the greater good those things
to be able to express yourself to be
able to formulate your arguments and
express your perspectives that is how
you have greater impact and let's face
it at the end of the day what we want to
do when we express ourselves when we
speak when we speak up we want to have
greater impact so these are five steps
that you can do to make the most out of
what you read so you can articulate
better and have the impact that you
desire right way number one is no not to
take notes don't take notes on what you
read isn't that a shock this is really
uncommon advice you see we were trained
in school from high school elementary
school even in college and all the way
even if you go towards a PhD and the
higher degree that you go we've been
trained by the public education system
that we got to take notes on what we
read so since elementary school ever
since grade one all the way through to
high school and college we have been
writing down what we hear our teachers
tell us when we're in that classroom we
take notes we write down what we hear
heard that they said we write down what
he or she said and that is our idea of
taking notes but when you do that when
you write down exactly what you heard
you're just regurgitating what someone
else says and therefore because it's not
what you said it's what they said that
what's makes it hard to memorize someone
else's words comparing to compared to
knowing exactly what you want to say so
whenever we take notes it's not about
writing down what you heard right
there's a few things you want to take
notes on instead the first thing is that
take notes on what you felt uh what you
felt as a result of what you read what
did you feel what happened did it make
you feel What feelings arose for you you
take notes on what what you felt as a
result of what you said the second thing
is take notes on what thoughts came up
in that moment of reading what thoughts
came up what did you think of as a
result of what you said and the third
thing is I what questions arose when you
read what you just did in the moment
what questions were write down your
questions and the questions that you
write down the questions that arose in
that moment of reading those questions
indicate what gaps are still are still
there there because not there's not a
single book or a single article or a
single piece that you can read that
fills all the gaps in that industry or
in that topic so if you would write down
if you put into practice writing down
these three Arenas it will help to take
your reading to the next level and it
helps you formulate your unique
perspectives the second way is to
practice recalling what you just read
one of the one of the challenges that
most people face when it comes to
impromptu conversation is that their
mind goes blank how many of you
experienced that right in terms of I've
read a bunch of stuff I I should I know
my stuff but somehow in the moment when
someone asks me questions I just can't
recall what I need to say and I think
about it after the fact when it's too
late so practice recalling what you just
read immediately after your designated
reading period maybe you set out to read
half an hour before before you go to
work every morning maybe you set out to
read a half an hour during lunch after
you have designated that reading period
see how much you see how much you can
recall and recall it in your own words
it's not about regurgitating it's not
about memorizing the paragraphs that you
read or the chapter that you just read
it isn't about memorizing like they
program you to do in school you see I
strongly believe that the education
system has taught us that the definition
of intelligence is to be able to read
something or attend a class and to be
able to say exactly what you just heard
and to be able to memorize a bunch of
things and regurgitate them on the exam
but real life doesn't work that way real
life is more about application than
Gathering more information and so when
you practice this when you are able to
practice what you recall soon after your
designated reading period it's going to
help you retain what you read the Third
Way is to reflect on questions that
arose about what you read right remember
the first part you're taking notes on
questions that arose in that moment so
now reflect upon them right what what
good does it do to write down the
questions if you don't seek the answers
to those questions so reflect on them it
helps you formulate your arguments
here's some bonus points if you would
research the questions to develop more
mature answers to the questions that
arose in your mind in that moment it
will give you bonus points it'll it'll
take your your knowledge and expertise a
lot further so that's the Third Way the
fourth way right and by the way if what
I'm saying resonates with you and you
can see how these steps will really take
your speaking and articulation to the
next level then I want to hear from you
comment below which way which method are
you going to implement today right
accountability is really important I
want to hear from you comment below
which one are you going to implement
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okay so the fourth way the fourth method
develop a framework to teach what you
read it's not enough to be able to
accumulate this knowledge for ourself if
we have this knowledge for oursel it's
clear and it's clear inside of our own
head then other people will not be able
to perceive the value you have to bring
right so this is about developing how do
you develop a framework to teach it
because most most times we can read
something and we know it for ourselves
but we don't teach it just because you
are knowledgeable in an arena doesn't
mean that you can teach it so how can
you develop Frameworks to teach what you
read
and that will help you to be able to
articulate the value of of what you have
to bring so that you no longer remain
invisible so that's the fourth method
the fifth method is to pursue the next
logical step from what you read you see
an author writes a book or a journalist
writes an article or a or a thought
leader writes a piece a Blog article for
example that single Communication in
that written form could not possibly
cover the expansive industry or the
topic that they are trying to cover and
so most people when they are writing or
when they are writing a blog or an
article a lot of times you will find
incomplete thoughts in there so practice
pursuing what's the next logical step
once you have learned this this topic
from this particular book or article
what's the next logical step what has to
follow next in order for you to be more
effective in that in that topic and when
you practice this it will help you
expand your knowledge base
and it also helps you deepen the well
that you draw from right A friend of
mine once told me and I have remembered
it ever since he said to me you never
want to dig a well when you're thirsty
don't wait for it you're thirsty until
you dig your well you want to dig your
well before you are thirsty so that you
have a deep well of knowledge to draw
from and then when you practice that
recollection to be able to recall it in
the moment then you'll be unstoppable
and when it comes to articulating your
thoughts and expressing your ideas and
also sharing your arguments and so for
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