Look After YourVoice

Often speakers at ameeting experience dry mouths and ask for a glass of water. You can solve theproblem by activating the saliva in your mouth.First gently bite the edges

of your tongue withyour teeth.Or,press your entire tongue to the bottom of your mouth and hold itthere until the saliva flows.Or you can imagine that you are slicing a big

juicy lemon andsucking the juice.

Before you beginyour talk,be kind to your voice,Avoid milk or creamy drinks which dry yourthroat. Keep your throat wet by drinking a little sweetened warm tea or diluted

fruit juice.

If you sense thatyou are losing your voice,stop talking completely.In the meantime,do not eventalk in a low voice.Save your voice for your health.You may feel foolish

using paper to writenotes,but the best thing you can do is to rest your voice.If it isnecessary,perhaps you can get some advice from a professional singer.

What about drinkingalcohol to wet your throat?I advice you not to touch alcohol before speaking.The problem with alcohol is that one drink gives you a little

confidence.Thesecond drink gives you even more confidence.Finally you will feel all-powerfuland you will feel you can do everything,but in fact your brain and your mouth

do not work togetherproperly.Save the alcohol until after you finish speaking.

Perhaps you want toaccept the advice,but you may wonder if you can ever change the habits of alifetime .Of course you can.Goethe,who lived before indoor skating rinks or

swimmingpools,said,“We learn to skate in the summer and swim in the winter”.Take thismessage to heart and give yourself time to develop your new habits.If you are

willing tochange,you will soon be able to say that you will never forget these techniquesbecause they became a part of your body.The writer citesGoethe to prove that one can change one's habits.

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