Supporting you to convey your thoughts, to encourage listening and to make an impact.
REPEAT SPEAKING YOUR THOUGHTS
FEBRUARY 01, 2009
Dear {!firstname},
Once you have decided to speak out, it is still not definite that others are willing to listen. If others
are willing to listen, it is not clear whether or not your words will make an
impact on anything. So when your words are not well-received, you will ask
yourself if it would make a difference to convey your thoughts again. Perhaps
you will even feel an inner urgency to repeat speaking out about the topic few times.
Does it help bringing up
the same topic more than one time? Will others listen more carefully if you
repeat explaining your viewpoint, and will the chance to make an impact on your
environment become greater?
I would like to know what my readers think and experience: If you know somebody who could contribute to this topic, please ask this person to share her story using the form on my website http://www.express-your-voice.com/contact-me.html.
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REPEAT SPEAKING YOUR THOUGHTS
Obviously, it depends on the situation if repeating
your words is advisable or not. First, you should wait and check if the first
time that you conveyed your thoughts has made anybody listen, or has even made
an impact. Sometimes, it takes some time before you will be able to recognize a
possible impact. Therefore, it is not advisable to repeat speaking out too
early in the process.
If your goal is to attain a long-lasting change, then
be aware of the fact that long-lasting changes usually take time; they mostly
take much more time than you might expect in advance. Repeating to share your
viewpoint for a second time too early in the process might even cause
disadvantages, since people who were convinced by the first time might be
annoyed by the second time.
However, if you have waited for an appropriate amount
of time, and still nothing has happened, you should seriously consider saying
it again. You have found the courage to speak out for one time, and so it won't
be more difficult to speak out your thoughts for a second time. It might be a
good idea to say it differently this time, or to ask someone for support. Following
the same patterns as the first time would probably lead to the same result.
Thus it is advisable to do it differently the second time.
In addition to doing it differently, you should ask the
people you talked to for their opinion on the topic. This will give you an
opportunity to either change your own viewpoint when someone else convinces you, or to adjust your words for the second time of speaking out in a way that
will address the reasons why others didn't agree with you for the first time.
Communicating instead of just talking is very important if you intend to make a
long-lasting impact.
When you have convinced
others, it doesn't guarantee that you will attain the desired impact. It is
imaginable that there will be either an impact that you didn't wish to make, or
that there will be no impact at all. In both cases, it might be good to suggest
what should be done, why it should be done, and what result you expect. Explain to others what benefits they could get by supporting you to make the desired
impact. Always make an effort to get all people who are involved on board.
REMEMBER TO SPEAK OUT REPEATEDLY IN A WAY THAT WILL
1) encourage others to listen,
2) convince them to share your viewpoint,
3) show them the benefits of supporting you to make
the desired impact and
4) communicate your ideas as they are.
Please recommend signing up for the Express Your Voice Booster to your interested friends, relatives and colleagues.
Make sure that you visit my website www.express-your-voice.com and check out the new table of contents for my book "Express your Voice - and Make an Impact".
I wish you that you won't have to say anything more than once, and that this first time will convince others and make the desired impact on your environment.