Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Should I Open Up to My Colleagues That I Stutter?

If you are asking this question, my guess is that you're a covert stutterer. You have the ability of hiding your stutter not only to your colleagues but also to your boss. Many people will see this practice as the ideal thing but if I were you I will shun covert stuttering and open up to the people I work with.


When you hide your stuttering you only make yourself live a caged life which will constantly torment your spirit because your mind can never be at rest. Your mind will never be at rest because it knows too well that there will be a time to pass memos to a fellow colleague, a time to speak on the phone, a time to lead a seminar, a time to answer questions either from your colleagues or your boss. The point is that your daily life both in the office and at home requires a minimum amount of speaking, which means it will not take time before your stuttering will be noticed; the implication is that if they notice it themselves it will be hard and too late for you to gather yourself.

Secondly, hiding your stuttering makes your colleagues and employer see you as a fluent and smart employee and with this belief, much expectation will be leveled at you which automatically makes you a target or figure to always remember when issues are discussed. Your boss will not have to think before he sends you to represent him in a meeting or cover for your colleague who is on leave. The implication of this is that you will likely lose the control you have over your covert stuttering because you have been noticed and placed at a point where you need to learn new things before you can stand, learning these new things will require you to ask questions or report periodically to your boss who most times will subject you to a hurried condition expecting you to tender your report in a few seconds. On the other hand, when you let yourself open, your boss and colleagues will learn to work with you the way you are, hence increasing your chances of building and positioning yourself for good.

Finally, covering your stuttering will help to build a mountain of low self-esteem in you. One thing about stuttering is that the more you hide it the more severe it becomes; it requires you to let go of your shame and fear; which means you need to be as open as a hollow object to grow your confidence level. You are much more confident with what you have known and accepted than the one you shy away from.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

Can I Teach in a High School As a Stutterer?

If you've been wondering if as a stutterer you can teach in a high school, then the answer to your question is yes. However, you are asking this question very late because many of your kind are out there doing some real teaching. All the same you are not alone; you can start the lesson process by reading the tips I have provided in this article; these tips were gathered from the assessment I made on some stutterers who are teaching in various high schools.
As usual, I will advice that the possibility of these tips working for you will be a function of how ready your mind is and its readiness to let go of your nature.

1. Be Sure to Know the Pros and Cons of the Subject You are Signing For
This is very important and you should make it a priority. When you know what to teach, you will have the confidence to speak before your students irrespective of how severe you stuttering might be.

2. Avoid Covert Stuttering, Be Open to Your Students
One of the ways to gain confidence while dealing with teenagers is by opening up to them who you really are. This step may be hard to take, but it happens to be the only thing that will give you the relaxed mind to go through your job. The good news is that they will be motivated and amazed that you can actually impact knowledge even as a stutterer; plus it will help to encourage those of them who stutter in your class to sit up.

3. Be Tolerant, Avoid Too Much Shouting
Whenever you sign up to deal with teenagers you decide to tolerate whatever thing that may come out of it. You can comfortably teach your students when you learn how to manage their troubles and shortcomings. Avoid too much shouting or doing things that will make your pressure to rise; remember stress and anger are one of the things that contribute greatly to your stuttering and so the need to deal with them is of high importance. Be tolerant and learn other ways of handling issues that can make you become unstable.

4. Never Walk into the Class Tensed
The last thing to do in order to manage your stuttering as a teacher is to avoid entering your class tensed or when you are worried. This mood has the tendency of diverting your mindset thereby making you to stutter unnecessarily even without knowing or noticing it. Make it a habit to define your mood before entering any class; always remember you are dealing with teenagers who have the ability of reading your mind at foresight.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

Learning How to Deal With Embarrassment As a Stutterer

I understand that as a stutterer, one of the things you hate and fears most is people mimicking you and the embarrassments that follow it! As a stutterer, you are usually tensed when you discover people are copying you or laughing at you while talking as a result of your speech disorder. If you are used to this challenge, I am pleased to inform you that a solution now exist for it! However, I must tell you that you have been living in a self-trapped cell for having this mindset all this while.
One of the things that make you a unique person is your ability to accept who you are irrespective of the challenge or problem you are facing. I want you to know that there is always a way to deal with challenges when they come; what you need is self-determination and guard lines to make it happen. You don't have to die in self-pity or self-torture, the world needs you for a change to occur; you are not an outcast, it is high time you started looking at the big picture!

In this article, I will be showing you one technique to use if you really want to overcome embarrassment. I once told a story of my life about how preventing embarrassment almost cost me my future; it was after I learnt from my friend that embarrassment is not really an issue that I decided to take the bull by the horn!

I want to reveal one secret to you; most of the people who laugh at you because you stutter cannot come out boldly to speak in public, they are also afraid of being embarrassed may be this time because they cannot speak correctly or give a meaningful speech. So why die in silence! Sit up and show them that you are a stutterer with a difference! Are you ready for your lesson? Let's start!

The only technique you need to deal with embarrassment is to be prepared for people to talk or laugh at you! Are you surprise to hear this? Well, it may sound unreasonable but it is the only way to deal with the mindset that injects the fear in you. Whenever you climb the podium or stand before people to speak, make it a priority to have the mindset that nature can drive you at any time and then make up your mind never to think of it as a problem. The idea is that your confidence level will grow and you will end up not stuttering as much because you have positioned your mind to face the worst when it comes.

Get rid of embarrassment by preparing for people to talk or laugh at you; you will get over it one day and very soon you will become a master and an orator of your time! Remember, running away from embarrassment will only make your stutter worst.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

What Is in For Me As a Stutterer When I Open Up in Social Gatherings?

Most stutterers fear to be noticed or identified in social gatherings. They would prefer to sit at the back of the hall where nobody will see them. This act is usually guided by the mindset that they will be called to address the public or to make a speech. If you are like these people, my advice to you is that you kill such mindset and stand up for you victory; hiding behind the hall or avoiding delivering a speech will not help you, it will rather add to your stress and anxiety, hence decreasing your ergo as a human being which now makes way for low self-esteem to prevail.
You will not be sentenced to death if you come out to stutter or fail to speak the way people wants you to; it will only be a stepping stone for you when you come the way you are to make a trial.

I would like to use myself as an example. When I was doing my third year in the university, I had chances of coming out to speak in my department and to address my fellow church members but I avoided all these by hiding and giving one excuse or the other. During this period, I had a friend who stutters even heavier than I do, but this guy was very active and determined to fight his course, he forces himself to speak even when people discovers he stutter he never gave in to it, rather he would be nourished and enriched by the strange looks on their faces.

It was during our graduation when we were called to deliver our parting speeches that I noticed my friend speaking with authority, free from fear, anxiety and doubt. He did perfectly that I was moved to change my orientation about speaking in social gatherings. My own speech thereafter was nothing to write home about because of the kind of mindset I had then. My friend is currently a motivational speaker with series of invitations from churches and organizations to speak in their programmes. I learnt my lesson from this event and ever since then I had never resorted to hiding or shying away from the public. Today I can stand to make contributions and speak to teenagers without stuttering because my speaking ability has been enhanced the more.

You can do more than you hoped for when you step out of your fear and hiding. The only thing you need is courage and determination; just visualize what you want your tomorrow to be and go for it. This mindset will trigger a drive for trial even when you don't trust yourself!

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

The Miracles of Stuttering Forums and Networks

Days are gone when stutterers live with their minds and thoughts locked up; everything has changed. Today, almost every stutterer knows at least one technique to use when it comes to controlling and managing speech disorder. The news has been broken for stutterers to learn different ways of managing their stuttering; people now form groups to proffer solution to some questions asked by stutterers.
I want you to know that you are not alone; you should equally be happy that you were born in this era because virtually everything you need to excel in life can be gotten without having to think or suffer personal torture.

If you are reading this article, I want you to be happy and determined because there is hope for you; there are people like you who have decided to form social networks and forums from different part of the world in order to supply you with the answers you seek. Miracles usually take place when you connect with your likes!

Stuttering forums are increasing everyday in their numbers. People now see reasons to extend these networks to different part of the world because of the rate at which stutterers are born. You don't have to die in silence again, all you need is to find out these miracle stuttering forums and join them. When you join them, share your views and more especially your challenges, you will be amazed at the kind of help you will get when you connect with people of your kind in different part of the world. The miracle part of these forums is that once you connect with them you automatically have a feel for change.

If you have not noticed these forums, I recommend you use the internet search engines to locate or find them; you don't need to stress yourself much, remember I told you they are everywhere, one hit on your keyboard will lead you to them. Have fun!

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, and masturbation addiction. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

How to Deal With Low Self-Esteem As a Stutterer

Dealing with low self-esteem is as important as fighting to make a living. It is a major factor that makes you develop a negative mindset about who you are. Low self-esteem can be likened to self-pity and self-torture. It lives in you and controls almost every of your life activities. One of the things low self-esteem can do to you is making you feel isolated; it will most times remind you of the need to dodge programmes or events that will likely expose you to people.
It has so much to do to you that if I start saying them, I may not be able to show you how to deal with it. The bottom line is that you need to get rid of it, and you can start by reading some of the tips I have provided in this article.

1. Remind Yourself of Who You Are!
Have you ever stayed to remember some mountains you moved in the past? I am sure there was a time when you stood before people to speak without any sign of fear! Such moments are worth recalling because they help to fight the present spirit dominating your mind. This point has helped me in several occasions. You should try it yourself. Fight low self-esteem by reminding yourself of some great and unimaginable things which you have done in the past; your mind will be free from any doubt whenever you remind it that you were once a conqueror!

2. Build an Arsenal Round Your Room
You may be wondering if you have to go to the extent of buying arms and ammunition to fight low self-esteem! This is totally the opposite of what you are thinking. The arsenal you are to build is a decorative one which will help you to stay motivated all your life! The following steps will help you to understand the type of arsenal I am talking about:

• Get the wall papers of famous actors and actresses, singers or your heroes who used to stutter and paste them on the walls of your room. Their images have a lot to communicate to your mind especially when you take time to look at them. In addition to this, you can also buy and watch their DVD films and music, their wordings and rhythms can help you in terms of your reasoning or belief.
• Find out most of the things these celebrities did, including how they lived their lives and how they managed to stop stuttering starting from their childhood to when they became who they are today. You can do this by reading their books or by searching the internet. When you do this, you will surely unravel one or two things that will help you send low self-esteem to where it belongs.
• Finally, you will need to divert all your thinking to how you can apply the things which you have learnt so far.

Get these things in place and you will see low self-esteem flew away from you!

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

Saturday, December 4, 2010

Top 4 Ways to Manage Your Customers As a Stutterer

Managing customers most times can be a hard task especially one that requires you to explain procedure or protocols. Most times you deal with customers with zero knowledge of what you do or what your organization is all about. The fact is that non-stutterers most times have the phobia of managing these customers let alone you with stuttering tendencies.
I usually tell my readers that there are stutterers who have the gift of managing events or issues, of which customer service is one of them; the problem sometimes is that these stutterers finds it hard to discover what they have within them. Naturally, stuttering does not affect these stutterers because that is what they are gifted to do. However, this gift does not just find you, it requires you to build and develop it into your God-given gift. I have once worked in a leading commercial bank as a customer care personnel; the fun of it is that I did it some years back when my stuttering was so severe. All I experienced then was a win-win scenario. You too can do it, all you need to do is to apply these three steps just as I did and you will see yourself become your customer's favorite!
1. Always Wear a Smile
Naturally as a stutterer, you tend to speak fluently when you are in a relaxed mood, more especially when you are happy with not only yourself but with the things around you. If you want to get through stuttering before your customers, this should always be your mood both at work and at home. Learn to put a smile on your face each time you are at work or at your business place, it helps to tell your customers they are welcomed and most importantly makes them stay in a mood that will never call for quarrel or harsh conditions which are of course what you don't need as a stutterer.
2. Provide Good Alternatives to Their Requests
Remember that most of your customers do not understand what you do as a person or as an organization. Be quick to render good alternatives to them whenever you discover the needed solutions to their problems are not forth coming. They need to know you're doing something to help them; it is when they discover laxity from your end that they will burst or get mad at you thereby triggering your stuttering.
3. Never Look Down on Your Customers
As a stutterer, you need to be very careful especially when dealing with people you don't know. Some customers who come to your desk for enquiries or to your shop for business does not come to transact or patronize you; they only came to access your credibility or to discover your weaknesses, so they can use them against you. Be smart to notice these customers when they come and treat them appropriately and good.
4. Keep to Your Promise!
Finally, try to keep to your promises by processing the requests made by your customers. Carve out ways to work ahead of them by making ready all of their requests; you can open a separate file for these tasks if you deem it necessary. Your customers will always be happy when you do this and they will always be on the lookout never to do anything that will provoke you because they will want to maintain the relationship to always get what they want from you.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

What Causes Inferiority Complex in Stutterers?

The mind has a lot to do to the body. When the mind is fixed at a thing, it goes for it and then communicates it to the body which now brings it out for visualization. The mind should be studied when trying to find out the causes of inferiority complex in stutterers; this is because it has a way of inflicting pains and self-pity in you. There are few things that results to a stutterer developing inferiority complex, let's have a look at them!

• Low Confidence
Stutterers tend to exhibit inferiority complex because of their inability to speak fluently; their minds constantly communicate to them who they are and at the same time locking them in self-pity and self-torture cage. A stutterer whose mind controls finds it difficult to speak or communicate with people. This shortcoming gives rise to the low confidence level found in stutterers.
• Fear of the Unknown
Naturally, stutterers are known to exhibit some amount of fear. This fear develops as the stutterer notices that he has a shortcoming; this explains the reason why some stutterers think or panic before speaking. They are afraid of what their voice or speech will sound like when they speak and stutter; hence in order not to be noticed, they resort to keeping to themselves by hiding away from public.
• Anxiety
Anxiety is close to fear. The only difference is that it occurs when a stutterer is tensed. Usually, a stutterer finds it hard to speak or communicate when he is tensed, in most cases as soon he discovers he is no longer making sense he will quickly find a way to exonerate himself so as not to be discovered.
• Harsh and High Pressure Life Style
Stutterers require a relaxed environment to function very well. They are not friendly with harsh or high pressured life style; when you subject a stutterer to a quick time speaking, the mind sends him a message which reminds him of his nature. This mindset makes him feel he is expendable and so may not be able to please you the way you want.
There are so many factors that causes inferiority complex in stutterers. However I deemed these ones necessary because they form the basis of the problem.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

The Miracles of Stuttering Forums and Networks

Days are gone when stutterers live with their minds and thoughts locked up; everything has changed. Today, almost every stutterer knows at least one technique to use when it comes to controlling and managing speech disorder. The news has been broken for stutterers to learn different ways of managing their stuttering; people now form groups to proffer solution to some questions asked by stutterers.
I want you to know that you are not alone; you should equally be happy that you were born in this era because virtually everything you need to excel in life can be gotten without having to think or suffer personal torture.
If you are reading this article, I want you to be happy and determined because there is hope for you; there are people like you who have decided to form social networks and forums from different part of the world in order to supply you with the answers you seek. Miracles usually take place when you connect with your likes!
Stuttering forums are increasing everyday in their numbers. People now see reasons to extend these networks to different part of the world because of the rate at which stutterers are born. You don't have to die in silence again, all you need is to find out these miracle stuttering forums and join them. When you join them, share your views and more especially your challenges, you will be amazed at the kind of help you will get when you connect with people of your kind in different part of the world. The miracle part of these forums is that once you connect with them you automatically have a feel for change.
If you have not noticed these forums, I recommend you use the internet search engines to locate or find them; you don't need to stress yourself much, remember I told you they are everywhere, one hit on your keyboard will lead you to them. Have fun!

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, and masturbation addiction. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

Find Out Why You Stutter!

There are few things which can lead to the reason why you stutter. These things are either natural or artificial. However, the dominant one is the one gotten through natural means. I have assessed some stutterers and was able to come out with the following as reasons why people stutter. Come on board let's check them out!

1. Stuttering Runs in Your Blood
This factor happens to be a natural means through which stuttering is gotten; it is naturally gotten through genetic exchange between parents. This explains the reason why a father who stutters give birth to a son or daughter that also stutters. In most cases of stuttering, the mother is usually counted off because it is believed that stuttering runs heavily in males than in females; the ratio goes for 3:1. So you stutter because you father or mother stutters; it can also be as a result of the fact that stuttering runs in your family blood; which means somebody in your lineage or your fore-fathers were stutterers. The fact that your ancestors were stutterers also explains the reason why a parent who does not stutter still gives birth to a child that stutters; it is simply an inheritance caused by genetics. However early detection and appropriate measure can help to correct stuttering irrespective of the family history.
2. You Mimic or Copy Someone Who Stutters!
The second reason why you stutter is because you had mimicked or still mimicking someone that stutters. Many people see this as a superstitious belief but I am telling that it is real and one can get stuttering by copying a stutterer. Remember that whatever you find yourself doing over a time will definitely master your body and probably become a habit; the same thing is applicable to copying a stutterer. When you constantly copy or mimic a stutterer, you make it become a habit even without knowing.
3. Accidents or Shocks
Cases of accidents or shocks are very rare, so I won't be laying much emphasis on them. However, it is believed that people who had once suffered great shocks or accidents later became stutterers as a result of the damage or impairment caused to their brains. When a person suffers from severe shock or accident there is the possibility that the brain will no longer be active to co-ordinate with the mind as to what to produce as speech.

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering Control and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!

How Early Should I Start An Advanced Programme For My Stuttering Child?

Stuttering is usually hard to notice in children because they tend to mix words with their amateur rhythmic sounds. Most times, these rhythms are released one after the other. If you are a mother and you suspect this, the first thing to do is to find out if your child is a potential stutterer. The question is how can you find out? You really want to know isn't it? Reading this article and digesting the content will put you straight to it!

First, if you are a stutterer or your husband is, then there is the possibility that your child has gotten the treat through genetic transfer or exchange. As usual I will recommend some home therapy before going for an advanced program. When you notice this development, try not to panic, rather watch him for a possible self-speech correction. Research has shown that kids with developmental stuttering have the tendency of outgrowing it.
However, you may need to do the following to help him while waiting for a possible self-speech correction.
1. Have him read out some few sentences every day.
2. Put soft music and call him to rehearse with you.
3. Ask him questions based on his experience in school.
4. Get a chart of figures or pictures and ask him to point and echo their names.
5. Teach him how to read some bed time stories and make sure he reads them to you before sleeping.
6. Encourage him to lead the early morning devotion. Do not expect fluency, allow him to do it the way he wants.
7 Finally, teach him some sign languages in case he finds it difficult coping with speaking. This step is optional.
Okay! you have done all these and your child stuttering is still at large! Now is the time to start an advanced programme!

Jackson is an author with specialty in speech pathology and self-improvement. He owns the website Stuttering and Emotional Freedom one of the few online resources that reviews and offers articles on Stammering, masturbation addiction and Personal Growth. Visit him today to Learn more about Stuttering and Self Improvement!