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The Pending Subject: How to speak confidently in any situation!
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For the first edition of The Pending Subject in 2026, I want to inspire you to become the speaker you want to be. This is the year you are going to speak English with confidence and calm. How? you ask. Well, like everything, you need a plan, you need to be positive, you need to practise, and then you need to keep going. A plan I highly recommend to improve belief when speaking is the Anxiety Management Plan (AMP) developed by Stanford University Professor Matt Abrahams. Abrahams is a communication expert and his AMP will help you to speak with confidence and clarity in any situation. The framework is a mix of psychological and structural preparation- if you prepare yourself mentally, have clear structures to use, you will speak better. Below you will find an outline of Matt's framework and how you can use it. I also highly recommend his book: Think Faster, Talk Smarter. I hope you find the content and tips useful. CONTENT
A - Accept: Acknowledge that feeling anxious is normal and okay. Accepting anxiety reduces the pressure, allowing you to focus on the content rather than fighting your nerves. M - Manage: Actively manage your physical and mental state. Techniques include deep breathing, reframing nerves as excitement, and pausing to collect your thoughts. P - Prepare: Create an "anxiety management plan" in advance. This involves having go-to, simple, structured frameworks (like Problem-Solution-Benefit) ready to use, which helps reduce the fear of the unknown when speaking spontaneously. TIPS
A CHALLENGEDesign your AMP and start using it. Give yourself permission to feel nervous and make mistakes, make a plan to feel optimistic about speaking in English in public, and have structures and frameworks you can use. Do this and you will quickly feel more confident when speaking in any situation! You just need to start... (A great place to start is the 5-5-5 Progress Plan). AN INSPIRING QUOTE"Inhale courage, exhale fear." Unknown. Have a plan, breathe, then execute! You just need to start... If you want to find out how you can improve your English communication skills, book a free call: 
If you really want to learn English, you can also read the How to (finally) learn English book: https://lighthousetraininggroup.com/books/ Out now on Amazon! Find out more about us at https://lighthousetraininggroup.com/ Ben PS: Keep learning! |
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Hi! People often tell me about the difficulties they have to improve, personally and professionally.. So, every Thursday I write a free newsletter that you can read in less than 5 minutes, which is full of tips, content and more to help you progress 1% at a time! If you want to join the 1000+ subscribers, sign up below... I'd love to help you progress too! PS- I started the newsletter to help people learn English. Then people told me I could use the same techniques to help people learn in other areas of life too. So. I too progressed and created The 1% to try and help as many people as possible...
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