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I think everyone does this from time to time to some extent. I definitely do it with more technical jargon, and I often see other people do it. For example I wi
by quickthrower2 8y ago
I think everyone does this from time to time to some extent. I definitely do it with more technical jargon, and I often see other people do it. For example I will forget the official jargon and say something similar, but that will confuse someone who has the jargon embedded in their minds. Often I will resort to showing them the bit of the program or code I am talking about.
As for a solution. I don't know really. You could try toastmasters for public speaking, and practice speaking more slowly than you would normally speak in speeches. The funniest speeches I heard there were from someone who had a stammer and had to pause between each sentence to do a breathing exercise, but he used those pauses for building suspense in the story.
- le-mark 8y agoI've also been guilty of this for a long time. I annoy myself, and fear I undermine my credibility when talking to peers and managers. > I think that when I'm speaking, I want to say words faster than my brain can build a sentence. This is the explanation I've thought of for myself many times. What I find helps is to practice mindfulness and try to listen to what I'm saying. I recall at one job, the companies core systems database tables had really absurdly long names. I made a point of learning these names precisely. People would look at me in amazement when I would precisely rattled off the names during meetings and technical discussions. Oddly, this really helped.