Respect is Given To Those Who Speak With Certainty

Become Addicted to Clarity

This year, get into the habit of speaking straight words when you communicate.

Stop babbling around what you actually want to say.

How do you carry weight in a conversation?
By being direct. By being clear. By being honest in your speech.

Eliminate filler words at all costs.

I break that down here:
https://insideurbanmedia.blogspot.com/2026/01/brevity-separates-professionals-from.html

The quickest way to lose your audience’s attention is not being sure of what you’re trying to say.

Practice clarity every single day.

Trying to impress people with lingo Jingo long winding statements you heard a CNN talking head use does not make you the smartest person in the studio. It makes you sound like you take pride in borrowing statements from other people.

Radio needs original thinking.
You must give people what they can’t get anywhere else.

That kind of radio requires time—time to think, time to write, time to formalize your thoughts on paper and then give your audience your take. That’s how you become interesting in your market.

And in podcasting—just because you can talk for 20 minutes or an hour doesn’t mean you should fill time with useless information.

Get to the point.
Then expound—only if you have something meaty we should know.

Otherwise, move on. Don’t bore your audience.

Practice speaking with certainty and extreme clarity so you don’t have to keep repeating yourself.

Speaking with certainty does not mean ending sentences with, “Right?”

That’s not confidence—that’s asking permission.

When you do that, you’re giving off uncertainty. That’s weak energy. Stop it.

Communication is an art. And like any art, it must be constantly cultivated as part of your personal development.

You must own the words you speak.

Team—this only comes from daily practice with yourself.

Take a long drive and talk to yourself as if you’re talking to an audience.
Record yourself.
Play it back in the speakers while you’re riding around town.

I record myself on my iPhone, play it through the car speakers, and immediately hear where I’m falling short in clarity.

Do this weekly.

It will sharpen your talk game.

Become addicted to being clear.

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