Name: The 5 Vocal Foundations of Great Communication | Vinh Giang on UNSTOPPABLE
Uploaded: 2025-03-24T00:46:44.000Z
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A lot of people put no thought behind their rate of speech.

But if, again, for those listening to this, if I get stuck in a consistent rate of speech now and I stick to this rate of speech and I don't vary from this rate of speech, what happens to you as a listener?

And if I sometimes go quickly, and when I'm going quickly, it shows passion.

But then when I slow down, Kerwin, I'm saying nothing important here, but it seems so profound.

Nothing important has been said, yet it seems profound, right?

Volume shows confidence, authority, that you believe in what you're saying.

So if I switch off my volume, let's say I speak like this now and I come in, but I'm truly an expert in what I'm talking about.

It doesn't seem like I believe in what I'm saying.

Doesn't seem like I'm confident in what I'm saying.

Most people speak at a volume that is a bit too quiet.

And then when you tell them a rating from one to 10, they usually speak at about a three.

You tell them to speak at a five, they go, oh, I think I'm being too loud.

Right now I'm coaching the CEO of Orange Theory Fitness, Dave Long.

I tell him to speak at a level five, what we're doing now, and he goes, oh Vin, I think I'm being too loud.

You're losing out on a huge amount of authority, charisma, energy, confidence, and authority because you don't speak at a level five volume.

Pitch is fascinating because for the listeners who are listening right now, think to a book you've read.

Maybe you can even think to a book you've read, Kerwin.

If I asked you to recite for me a page in that book word for word, could you do it?

Is there a song that you sing quite often that you enjoy?

There's a song that my son loves to play.

Right, but if I asked you to recite for me word for word that song, could you recite the song?

Oh, and there's not one song in the world that I know the lyrics to.

Oh, okay, so you're a terrible example for this.

But for the listeners, you totally ruined my example.

But for the listeners, surely you can think of a song that you love, right?

And generally most people can recite for you.

Well, actually I can think of one song that I actually know the words of.

You Never Close Your Eyes Anymore, the Top Gun.

Now, why can't, okay, so a song has roughly 280 words.

Why can you recite a song, yet not a page in a book?

So if you speak with more melody, what you say becomes more memorable.

Whereas most people use two notes when they speak.

Whereas I use the philosophy and I use the mindset of each person, every one of you that's listening to this right now, you've got a piano of 88 keys, right?

And most people speak with a couple of keys.

And I remember my first singing teacher when I met her, and I didn't do this to become a singer.

I did this to become a more effective communicator.

When I walked into a room, I remember this.

And she'd play one key over and over and over again for three minutes.

It was like something out of The Exorcist.

And then she'd stop and she'd go, how do you feel, young man?

I'd say, I don't know, this is kind of scary, awkward, nothing.

And then she played this beautiful song called Romance.

And then she'd turn around and she goes, how do you feel, young man?

I said, actually quite sad, to be honest.

She goes, Vin, most people go through life speaking like this.

Because here's the thing, let me give you this example too.

You could hear a piano song and feel sad.

You could hear a piano song and feel happy.

You could hear a piano song and feel inspired.

You could hear a piano song and feel scared.

So there's a backing track underneath every voice.

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