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[This post is part of a series on Communication Skills Exercises for Business and Life. If you don't see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you'll get more value than reading just this post.] Here are examples of two masters of voicing their self-talk, Robin Williams and (I believe) his mentor Jonathan Winters. They make great role models for what level of freedom in communication people are capable of. Before watching, keep in mind you don't have to reach that level to achieve more freedom in communicating to others and yourself. According to Wikipedia, Robin Williams was shy until he began drama in high school and developed his skills through practice. You don't need the impressions, the…

[This post is part of a series on Communication Skills Exercises for Business and Life. If you don't see a Table of Contents to the left, click here to view the series, where you'll get more value than reading just this post.] I've found tremendous success with a conversation technique I developed recently. When you get it, it's almost too simple to do, but it takes a practice to get it. And it can be scary at first. But with practice it builds and shows confidence and self-awareness. Background It follows up and builds on the most effective self-awareness exercise I know that I wrote about before. I found another write-up of a variation called "How to listen to and change your self talk" for…