How To Turn Lacking Communication into a Strength

Lukas Schwekendiek
3 min readMay 29, 2023
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Many nervous people end up tongue-tied.

They are so nervous about what to say that they usually cannot get any words out at all.

Interestingly enough, this is only a problem with people that are not good at communicating, which can be seen by the fact that the opposite is true for the rest.

The most important communication skill, therefore, is to loosen your tongue.

Simply start saying whatever is on your mind, no matter the consequences.

People with high charisma do this all the time; they speak first and think later.

They do this because they are not worried about how the things they say will be perceived.

The reason this may be hard for you is because of the fears you associate with it.

The fear of being laughed at, the fear of making a mistake, or the fear of loosing out on the relationships you’ve built.

All of these have one overlying fear: The Fear of not being good enough.

You are afraid of being rejected, that you will say something that isn’t accepted and it will make you feel nervous, or that you say something you did not intend to say.

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Lukas Schwekendiek

Life Coach, Speaker, Writer. Published on TIME, Inc & Huffington Post. Coaching available again! Email: Lukas.schwekendiek@gmail.com with the word "Coaching"