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From: John Harrison
Date: 11 Oct 2006
Time: 02:50:45 -0500
Remote Name: 71.135.107.221
Prakhar, YOU SAID -- <<However, in my interpretation, Tim Gallwey seems to suggest otherwise. For instance, when I have to confront a fearful speaking situation, if I say to myself "I'm going to speak fluently" and at the same time hold an exact picture of how it's going to be --- defining "fluent" (what it feels like, looks like, sounds like), am I not falling in line of what you, or Tim Gallwey has to say? Let me illustrate it further. Whenever I have been spontaneously fluent, I have been through without even "thinking" about it. For example, lets say, I am talking to one of my closest friends. I don't hold any picture in my mind. Or, in other words, I don't feel the urge to access anything that reminds me of how exactly I want to sound like. >> I SAY: I think this point confuses a lot of people. When I want to focus on something to help me speak well, I focus on THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING FUN when I speak. This is very different from focusing on speaking fluently. If I were focusing on fluency, I'd be projecting speech within the context of PERFORMANCE . It's what I DON'T want to do as this only contributes to...and perhaps even creates...the problem. Regards, John Harrison