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“My voice goes after what my eyes cannot reach, with the twirl of my tongue I encompass worlds and volumes.”

– Walt Whitman

Does your voice convey confidence and conviction every time you speak? Or does your voice need strength training? If your career depends on a strong, confident voice, then voice control is the one thing you need.

A surgeon may have years of experience in his business. He may have training and knowledge of what to do under normal and abnormal circumstances. Yet without tools of the highest possible quality, he’ll be under a handicap which will surely reduce his percentage of successful operations. In like manner, an individual in, e.g., sales business may have years of experience. He may have training and knowledge requisites for success. Yet without a critical tool of the highest quality, his production and income will be greatly affected. The tool to which we refer is our voice.

Our voice greatly influences how we’re perceived by others. People with clear, strong, and pleasant voices are invariably believed to be more intelligent, trustworthy, competent, and likable than those who do not possess good vocal qualities.

Zig Ziglar, one of America’s top speakers on sales and motivation, wrote:

“Beyond any reasonable doubt, if you’re going to build your sales career to the fullest, you’ve got to do something that 95% of all salespeople never do. They never deliberately train themselves on how to use their voices more effectively. They don’t do any work toward developing voice inflection and voice modulation. This is a skill which you can learn. In my judgment, this is the single most important undeveloped skill you need to concentrate on in your pursuit of professional sales excellence.”

A good voice is one that is easy to listen to, that holds your audiences’ interest and is confident and inspiring. A good speaker will:

•Command the attention of their listeners.

•Communicate their messages clearly.

•Influence and inspire their listeners.

Voice Practice will help you strengthen your vocal cords. Also, a quivery voice will give the impression to the person at the other end of a conversation with you that you’re not sure of what you’re saying.

Just like the rest of our body, muscles, cavities, tissues, nerves, fluids, etc make up our voice that can produce at least 325 different pitches. There are more nerves in the muscles of the larynx than any other muscles in your body, with the exception of your eyes.

In addition, you use three quarters of your body when you speak a word, and even a stubbed toe can affect the sound of your voice. Therefore, it should not come as a surprise to you that excitement and stress adversely affects your body.

Just as with the rest of your body, some people naturally have more vocal strength, while others need to pump up theirs just to keep up with their daily vocal requirements. Which category you fall in is for you to decide.

If you quiver, I won’t be able to tell you the exact cause of your quivers without speaking with you, but it is likely that the cause of your quivering voice is either nerves, or lack of vocal strength, or both. Regardless of the case, voice training using proper vocal exercises can make a world of difference in both control and endurance in the voice.

Training the voice to sound better doesn’t need to be a complicated or lengthy process. It’s easy to develop some simple but key vocal skills to help you sound more confident and interesting. You can apply this technique straight away to make an immediate difference.