Decor your Thoughts by crafting the Pearls of Words
Being an observer of the thought process, my aim is to keep them in control as leaving them astray is harmful. Recently while practicing this study a question arises in my mind that is.
“Why do the words not come out as they float in my mind in the form of thoughts?”
If you are also finding it hard to give exact words to your thoughts you are not alone.
Thus I decided to find the answer to this question and share my findings with my beloved readers. While seeking the answer to this question I come across the following points.
Short History of expressing what is inside the mind:
From the very beginning of time “Dawn of existence” when humans do not know how to speak they use different methods to express their thoughts like gestures and expressions. They use their face, head, hands, and body language to express their feelings and thoughts.
Another method they use is drawing pictures on cave walls. It was a medium for them to give life to their thoughts so that others could see and feel what they want to express.
With time human starts different types of sound like grunts, hoots, and hums to serve their purpose of expressing what they want and feels. These sounds turn into words. As society grows they learn the language to communicate. Imagine how important it is that nature gifted the power of giving talks to thoughts.
Although we have all the facilities to express ourselves still it is difficult for many to give proper words to what we want to reveal. The main reasons are poor vocabulary of words, poor exposure to being social, fair of criticism, and unaware of thought process to name a few.
It is okay to have these barriers as they can be overcome with the practice of the techniques written down in this article.
Understanding the skill of how to articulate your thoughts in the form of proper words is a true gift as people want to express their thoughts with other people based on the purpose to get or provide care, and support.
During my search, I came across the below points on how to articulate thoughts and ideas.
- Understanding your Ideas and Thoughts:
I figure out that observing the thought process is more challenging as compared to expressing them.
As finding a solution without understanding the problem is not possible.
Similar is the case with the thoughts in our minds. As most of the time, we are ambiguous about what exactly is going on inside our skull. Once we get the expertise to understand what they mean to be it become convenient to express them.
More about mastering the thought process can be found here.
2. Keep it simple and precise:
This step helps to present the exact thoughts or ideas. Whereas not absorbing it will even convert a great idea into rubbish.
Suppose you present a solution to a matter of sensitive nature to your boss. Your presentation has complex words and unnecessary explanations which are hard to understand. By doing so your idea has been lost and no one pays attention. This practice does harm one credibility.
After ten times one of your colleague presents the same idea in simple and precise manner. Making the management amused and getting all the credit and appreciation. This reason is, people love to pick simple and to-the-point ideas.
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When you have bulletproof ideas but find it difficult how to present them, don’t worry as it is normal and can be cured just keep reading.
You must know people who are very credible and influential, when they speak people enjoy listening to them deliberately. Who are those people? How do they become so magnetized for the audience? Are they came from another world?
The answer to all these questions is a big NO, they are also like us but they do labor to learn how to speak beautifully. Let me assure you with full confidence you will also become trustworthy and credible like them once you acquire the mastery of speaking well.
3. Work on improving the stock of your words (Vocabulary):
When we have the vocabulary of proper words, helps present our thoughts artistically making it interesting for the audience.
For example: when we present gratitude to someone with common terms like “Thank you very much for your help” are less attractive to the receptors. Likewise, when such a sentence is presented with a vocabulary-rich sentence it becomes more attractive like “I am immensely grateful for your invaluable assistance”. Sound interesting?
I do not mean to make your sentence more complex and harder to absorb just make it interesting with the use of attractive vocabulary.
Both sentences reveal the same message but the second sentence which is packed with attractive vocabulary sounds more attractive to the listener. Try to practice using such attractive wording in each sentence so that you find more grounds to be confident in giving wordings to your thoughts.
Similarly find descriptive wordings for your sentence like instead of “good” use words like “remarkable” to present your thoughts more attractively.
4. Provide Example:
While presenting your thoughts use related examples to support your viewpoint as it becomes convenient for the audience to pick the exact message.
5. Present things in smaller chunks:
Articulate your message in smaller chunks or bullets which are more convenient to be picked as the human brain can easily absorb things in chunks.
let me explain with an interesting example for better understanding: Here is a number that you are supposed to memorize in 10 seconds, the number is 231945195519992050, and your time starts: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 stop. Tell me honestly in the comment section do you memorize this number or find it hard in 10secs?
Now divide this number into smaller chunks 23 1945 1955 1999 2050, your time starts 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0 stop. Tell me in the comments section which method you find useful to store the given number in your brain.
Use similar techniques to present your thoughts to make them easy to understand and makes your findings worthy.
6. Ask for Feedback and confirmations:
Always ask for feedback while presenting your thoughts it will serve as a mirror to show us where we are doing well and where we need improvement.
7. Remain Calm:
Staying calm and composed during the process of giving words to our thoughts as it helps us present what we want to speak as emotions make our thoughts cloudy which becomes hard to be noticed clearly.
Final Thoughts:
Presenting your thoughts with the help of proper words is an amazing skill that helps us to become an idea-generating machine and help to acquire anything we desire like better relationships, cracking a profitable deal, and dating your dream partner to name a few. With each sentence, we not only present our idea but also play the role of a bridge to cover the gap between us and those who listen. I am honestly optimistic about your potential, concerning attaining your dreams.
My friend you are not alone in this journey of transformation just get up and equipped with the above-mentioned techniques to find your true pearls which nature has packed within you in the form of hidden treasures. All you need to just come from the comfort of doing nothing to the zone of unlimited interesting engagement, which I will reveal in my articles just keep following and remain in touch.
