“Voice of Royce” Past Issues
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What boring actually sounds like 🤔
Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! Hope your Labor Day weekend was filled with rest, relaxation, and ribs you’re still digesting. I hate to say it, but… Your voice may be putting people to sleep. Most people talk like a metronome set to medium. Same speed. Same volume. From hello to goodbye. Steady as a ceiling fan on ‘low’. And then they wonder why eyes glaze over halfway through their story. Here’s the thing. Your brain notices “change”. Not sameness. Change. So when your voice runs at one flat…
Your ideas are dying in your chair
Hey Reader, I spent 30+ years talking for a living, and somehow nobody ever figured out how to make me stop. So… newsletter. 😂 Courage is a MUSCLE you keep skipping Bridge workers think being 200 feet in the air is “relaxing”. Not thrilling. Not terrifying. Relaxing. Why? They’ve done it so many times it stopped being a big deal. It’s just Tuesday. With better views. We think courage is something you either have or you don’t. Like a dimple or a trust fund. But that’s not how it works. You’re…
Growth is supposed to feel awkward
Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! I brought wisdom. Unfortunately, it arrived wearing clown shoes. Your first recording will HAUNT you! Your first few recordings are supposed to “suck”. Not “could be better.” Not “a little rough around the edges.” Suck. Like, genuinely, mortifyingly suck. And yet we all watch that first playback the same way. Not like a “Coach” reviewing footage. They watch it like a detective who already knows who did it. “Why do I sound like that?” “What is my face doing?” “Do I…
How to sound like a human on stage
Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! Somewhere, someone is writing a very serious business newsletter. Thankfully, you subscribed to this one! Stop memorizing your WHOLE talk Most people think a great presentation means knowing every word by heart. So they memorize the whole thing. Every sentence. Every pause. Every “and furthermore.” Then they get on stage and sound like a GPS with anxiety. “In 400 feet, turn left into your next key point.” Here’s the thing we all do wrong: we confuse “prepared” with…
The silly fix for a boring voice 🤔
Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! Let’s learn something useful before the internet destroys our attention spans completely. Your voice is probably BORING. Most of us talk the same way all day long. Same pace. Same pitch. Same flat, even tone from “good morning” to “goodnight.” It’s comfortable. It’s familiar. And it puts people to sleep faster than melatonin and a white noise machine. That’s your “habitual voice”. The one you absorbed somewhere between third grade and your first job. You picked it…
Feeling “fake” is actually a good sign
Hey Reader, Having you open this up is like finding out you DO have a new box of trash bags! Let’s dive into a little ‘vocal psychology’… Feeling fake is actually a good sign! Most people who call themselves “shy” aren’t really shy. They’re just quiet. And there’s a big difference. Shy is a personality. Quiet is usually just a volume knob nobody ever turned up. Here’s the thing we all do: we decide who we are based on how we’ve always sounded. “I’m soft-spoken.” “I’m an introvert.” “That’s…