63. Preach Better Sermons by Eliminating these Words

Pauses are great. They can add emphasis and give more weight to your point. A well-placed pause is a powerful public speaking tool that you should know how to use. But the wonderful effect of a pause is destroyed by a terrible public speaking mistake preachers make: the audible pause. What’s an audible pause? Well, um, it’s uh, um, I think it’s uh… (Sorry, just had to do that). An audible pause is when you fill in the gaps of your speech with throw away words like “um” “uh” “you know” “like” and others. These throw away words are a huge distraction, and every public speaker must deal with them if they are going to stand out. Rooting out these words is way easier said than done, but in this episode we'll discuss what you can do to reduce and eventually eliminate these words from your sermons and speech in general.