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Catherine Aygen
Consultante Formatrice & Coach en Prise de Parole en Anglais | Dirigeante d’A Star Formation (Qualiopi) | Top 3 européen de discours improvisé | Appli IA d’analyse de discours
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February 18, 2025
On peut penser qu'en expliquant un point clé en 10 phrases, on est plus clair que si on l'explique en 2 phrases seulement. Malheureusement, le fait d'ajouter de plus en plus d'informations embrouille l'auditeur plus qu'il ne l'aide. 👉 Je remarque que beaucoup de mes clients essaient d'ajouter des mots supplémentaires à la fin de leurs phrases, d'utiliser plusieurs synonymes dans une même phrase ou de surexpliquer ce qu'ils disent. 𝗟'𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗶𝘀 - 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 - 𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝘂𝘀 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗾𝘂'𝗶𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗿é𝗰𝗶𝘀, ce qui n'est pas toujours facile si vous n'êtes pas un locuteur natif : vous n'êtes pas sûr que votre interlocuteur ait compris ce que vous essayez de dire. Read my latest article to find out how to stop waffling ! (𝘚𝘪 𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘻 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦 « 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘭𝘦 », 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘻 𝘭'𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 - 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘯'𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯 à 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘶𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘶𝘧𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘤 𝘥𝘦 𝘭𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘶 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵...😋)
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February 18, 2025
Last week I had one of the scariest experiences of my life. I was flying back from Amsterdam to Nice after the Toastmasters international conference. Everything was as usual, until the pilot announced, “We’re going back to Amsterdam.” Everyone in the plane groaned. But then he added, “There’s an electrical fault which has affected the brakes and we don’t know if the back up braking system has been affected or not. We need to go back to Amsterdam to land on the longest runway possible. The crew will now prepare you for an emergency landing in 30 minutes.” The worst thing was that I could hear in the pilot’s voice that he was stressed. I looked at the crew’s faces and although they were calm, their faces showed that they were scared. The next 30 minutes were spent practising the brace position, removing all jewellery, glasses, tightening our seatbelts, learning how to open the emergency doors. We were told to study the safety card, which everyone did more intently than ever before! And like most of the other people on the plane, I was quietly worrying that we’d crash at the end of the runway and perhaps this was how I was going to die. We landed in brace position, with the crew shouting “brace for landing”. Luckily the emergency brakes worked 😅 If you’re expecting me to tell you that I have now changed my life for the better and I’m giving everything up to become a life coach… …I’m not 😆 I did say to myself, “Only trains from now on”, but I still had to get home and that involved two flights the next day. What I did realise was sometimes you have to give up control and put yourself in the hands of people who are trained for this. Also that after we landed, all the passengers were talking to each other, everyone was friendly and helpful. And when I saw some of my fellow passengers the next day, it’s like we were friends, bonded by this experience. And that made me think, why can’t we always create these human connections, even when we’re not in such an emotionally charged situation? So that is my resolution from this experience: make more human connections with everyone around me. (Photo taken from my flight home the next day: I’ve never been so happy to see the Îles Lerins 😁)
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