Like any physical activity because public speaking or giving presentations as a physical activity, warm ups are really important. Okay, so we can get a lot of energy we can get a lot of inspiration from during a warm up. And a really nice way to warm up when you're for public speaking. tongue twisters. Now, when a person doesn't speak clearly, in a presentation, it can be quite frustrating for the audience. But again, this is something that we can practice and something that we can become more aware of.

So tongue twisters can help with enunciation, but they can also help with things like getting more volume, and really becoming aware of the way and how you speak. And I've got a week challenge for you now in order to where you are right now we're you're watching this webinar from you might be on the bus watching it on your phone, you might be at work in a big open space offers but I want you to be brave, okay, and we're going to give these tongue twisters go. When you're doing the tongue twisters really think about where the sounds are originating from what parts of your mouth you using when you deliver a tongue twister. So let's start with this one. The lips, the teeth, the tip of the tongue, the tip of the tongue, the teeth and the look. You'll notice that with this tongue twister, it the sounds really started originate from the top of them effort right from the front develops that 10th 10th 10th sound.

Let's compare it to this next one. A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit mixer. Now I'm going to put Kyle on the spot because he was using this as a warm up earlier and it was a wee bit of a giggle. Even mean to me. So, we're going to try this one again. And I want you to think about where's that sound coming from?

Okay, let's go. A box of biscuits, a box of mixed biscuits and a biscuit. mixer. It's a bit harder isn't it? Get those words out. But you sound that but but sound, it's coming from further back than that sound.

And then one more. Let's just have a look at this one. This is my one that I struggle with. Should saucy shocks seek shelter soon. So really tough little dog should saucy sharks seek shelter soon. Pretty tough, right?

But again, think about where those sounds are coming ship ship, it's right through the back again. And being weird that can help opening your mouth stretching it out and leaving those words really form properly in your mouth before they come out can really help. So whenever you're doing a presentation, think about it like a physical activity. If you are going to go on a running race or doing something physical, you wouldn't just start running for pace you warm up and it's exactly the same with the presentation. Spend some time to warm up Can you talk a lot about personal hackers how to how to help with before I do presentations often hear my own little routine or ritual I call my personal hacker. But since Nate's introduced me to doing these tongue twisters, it does a couple of things.

First of all that you know, it's game time, right? So when you're practicing these in going through this ritual, your brainstem inter neurons are starting to fire off saying I'm about to present. So heart rates got to get up, get to get some more energy going, and also clears your mind. So if you've had a really busy day and you've hit you just come out of another meeting, or you've just finished the real important, maybe you're designing some work and you want to clear your mind while the switch or the switch or that switches off all the other noise so they can get ready for your presentation. So yeah, Qantas is awesome.