So… you want to be articulate?

I was delivering a workshop last week and a participant said “Oh, but I’m not very articulate”

I responded with “Well, you sound pretty good to me… why do you think you’re not articulate?”

She replied that she could speak well but that she used simple words to get her message across and didn’t sound ‘as fancy’ as some of her older and more experienced colleagues.

This got me thinking about the definition of articulate. According to the Merrian-Webster dictionary articulate can be defined quite simply as: able to speak, and expressing oneself readily, clearly and effectively.

Hmmmm… interesting. I would say that this young woman is actually more articulate than her peers.

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