For those starting down this path: Please do not confuse being articulate with using obscure and extravagant words just for the sake of it, at the end of the day, one tries to be articulate in order to convey thoughts effectively, be conscious of the person you're speaking with like you would be mindful with a person who speaks a different dialect or language, remember that a sign of a true smart and cultivated person is not on the fancy words they use, but on their ability to communicate with others successfully, regardless of anything.

Ugh, Joseph stop catering to my exact desire to improve my language in every area of my life while simultaneously demonstrating your success at doing so and employing tactics taught in good English classrooms that are known to work.

Don't overcomplicate things. Read books. That's it! Your mind will automatically absorb new words and phrases and you'll start speaking more articulately on auto-pilot.

i'm glad you address simplicity and _crisp_ sentences. some people will get confused regardless and turn their speech into thesaurus salad.

Finally, someone who can teach and isn’t advertising an online course

Be very careful to not use so many uncommon words that you don't become more difficult to understand. Being articulate is to communicate more clearly. Articulate individuals can describe more complex concepts concisely. Those who swap in uncommon words to describe simple concepts requires unnecessary horsepower for the listeners. It's insufferable. Clear, concise, confident. If you need a better word, use one. If not, don't.

what's scrupulous? This enigmatic word is mind-boogling, flabbergasting, and discombobulating to me.

I’d like to thank you KZfaq algorithm for helping me find this channel. This content is world class. Thank you Joseph

I achieved that with my native language, but now I’m trying to reach the same level with English. It’s way harder because I had to learn the language from the very beginning, but once you experience this feeling of mastering a language, once you experience the ability to express your deepest thoughts in the clearest way, you won’t be able to accept less than that with any other language. I hope I will get there someday.

Not many things in life have shortcuts, and while I wouldn't call reading a 'shortcut', people heavily underestimate how much of an impact just reading frequently can have on your ability not only to speak and express thoughts clearly, but also to comprehend meaning and communicate more effectively. Basically, step 1 should be just read more. You don't have to love it, you just have to do it

Short summary: 00:00 📚 Upgrading Workhorse Words -- Upgrade your common and vague "Workhorse words" in your speech. -- Workhorse words are common, vague words often overused. -- Use moderately precise words beyond common vocabulary. -- Steps to upgrade Workhorse words: Identify, Context, Find an alternative, Practice awareness. 03:11 📝 Building a Commonplace Book -- Create a commonplace book to collect creative phrases and expressions. -- Divide it into sections related to different aspects of your life. -- Review your commonplace book regularly to absorb and use new language. -- Preassemble articulate thoughts and phrases for more engaging speech. 06:49 🪒 Eliminating Fatty Language -- Identify and eliminate fatty language in your speech. -- Fatty language includes fillers, redundancy spirals, and intensifiers. -- Fillers like "um" and "like" disrupt speech flow; keep your mouth closed until you've defined your starting words. -- Redundancy spirals involve repeating the same word multiple times; focus on processing word endings. -- Intensifiers weaken adjectives; create awareness through finger tabs or discomfort cues. 10:54 🌍 Articulate Generation -- Aim for this generation to be among the most well-spoken in history. -- Apply the techniques discussed to improve speech precision. -- Use commonplace books, upgrade vocabulary, and eliminate fatty language. -- Continuous practice and awareness can lead to more articulate communication.

Purchased the book immediately. Thrilled for more of this kind of content. Thank you

Fantastic tips! I'm not even an English native speaker, but I'm benefiting massively from your content! While I'm practicing English, I'm pinning down each tip to also use on my own mother language (Portuguese). I'm glad I've subscribed, as you're constantly delivering quality content. Hoping you grow and reach as many curious minds as possible. Cheers!

this is a corner of youtube I can guiltlessly indulge in. I thought I was the only person that nerded out over oration and the way by which great orators used words. Wordsmith content. I'm all in man, so happy I found you.

You're making highly valuable content. I've been following your advice for weeks now and I've already noticed improvements in the quality of my conversations.

Your video packaging is on point, the information actionable, and I love that mission statement at the end. This is an underrated channel for sure!

some word combos from my list: - perpetual bounce - action produces information - write with poise - power is fluid - little costs compound - develop durability - spark momentum - actions express priorities - study effective individuals - conquer tiny impulses - chief enthusiast - eliminate folly - always more audacity - practice the pause - diminishing returns - aim for permanence

Man, you are doing Gods work, the only person i had to follow on twitter. knowing how to precisely speak its one of the greatest skills a man can posses.

For years I’ve kept a repository of interesting words and phrases I hear at work or in media that I think add color to my speech at work (software consultant). I felt weird/lame writing them down, but this video makes me feel validated! Tysm

Great actionable content. Idk if this channel will ever become popular because it’s actionable and most folks aren’t willing to put in the time. But i would pay to learn what you’re teaching.

Your channel has helped me so much express my thoughts in English as English is my second language. Thank you for creating this channel! One thing I have always had issues with is keeping a thought together without veering off into tangents and losing the initial point.

Deepest gratitude Joseph, how magnanimous of you to create contour for such a video. Lest we forget 🙏

Wow! This is my type of channel, yet somehow the first I've seen like it. Sure I've watched plenty of TED talks about public speaking, YT videos on writing well and so forth. Yet this video, and the gateway video which got me here, "Articulate Yourself With Incredible Precision (3 Secrets)" resonate with ideas I've held for a long time. You figuratively and literally cut out the fluff. Everything you shared in this video is connecting. For example, you spoke about a classic tool - the common place book. This is the first time I see greater value of keeping one, in a new light, after you drew the connection to historical articulation phenoms using them to train themselves to speak impactfully.

Growing up I was made fun of SOOO much for being an avid reader! I love when people use words I don’t know and I can learn new words but so many people would abuse me about it so I would dumb myself down as much as I could. I find your videos healing because I am this way naturally and I am still abused by some of my family for it! I really hate having to think of a normal word to replace a more accurate word, I don’t want to use my mental strength for that but to meet people where they are sometimes we should.

Joseph is on that Uncommon and precise typhoon of words leading him to the motherland of Well Spoken icons. Thank you bro this stuff is gold 100k views on videos coming soon

Your word choice in your speech is elegant and soothing to listen too!

I love that you mentioned the finger tab! I do this in my every day speech unconsciously and your claim that it requires you to place a greater focus on the minutiae of your word selection and delivery is exactly correct. I am working on a channel to teach people to write higher quality rap music and one of the things I notice a lot of skilled rappers do (especially when not holding the mic) is that they move their hands in similar patterns to punctuate the words that they are delivering with their voice. One of the ways I have often thought about it is that the finger tab plays the same role as the conductor in the orchestra, subtly directing the expression that we ultimately end up hearing. While every day speech doesn't require the same level of rhythmic precision that rap does, tonality and cadence do play a role in how digestible our speech is and so the subtle habit of conducting yourself as you are speaking is unexpectedly powerful. It allows you to store a "lookahead buffer" in the memory of your body without tainting the audio of your speech.

This is a well crafted video. It was truly beneficial for the progress of my "articulate" journey. Well received! Continue with this pattern of advantageous content.

This video is brilliant. It's Concise, not heavy not too heavy to process, and easy to implement. Having direct actionable ideas is perhaps it's best quality. Loved this. Well done.

Glad that I found this video. Prove that even native speakers have to keep track of their vocabulary learning progress too.

Man, you need to write a book about this, with exercises and recipes for improvement, I'd buy it in one click.

I appreciate your videos. I am working toward speaking like this and I can feel a shift in my skills. It’s been a year 🙌🏾

I had no idea other people thought about this! This is fantastic!

This type of content precisely speaks to the problems of my current style of ineffective communication. I think I may need to re-learn basic English.

I'm no public speaker, but my use of the workhorse words you showed said appears to be minimal. I will definitely be paying more attention

I have gone through so many YT videos on how to be more articulate and this one is by far the best. Thanks, Joseph!

I found this interesting . Thank you for sharing your knowledge. The key to speak articulately is to think before speak . Exposing oneself’s to words by reading and consistently express yourself in public speaking are the great key to be good at

I don't know why it's so heartening for me to find these kinds of videos. Perhaps I just love the idea of beautiful speech.

Thought provoking content . Stellar video.

This is awesome. Would love to see the template that you use for the commonplace book - Great idea, and I will be putting one together for myself.

I am a quite consistent enjoyer of your videos. The weight of your ideas and positive output you provide deserve way more mainstream recognition. Ps. this sentence might or might not have taken my several minutes :)

If one person speaks without bothering about the result rather just spontaneously touching his heart, the natural flow of words made up to a poem, and the coming generation rated it as a piece of highest quality

Your Content is amazing, I remember your video that went from 100 to a million. Please consider coming up with a course that deals with articulacy, ill be one of the people to enroll. Continue with this amazing work you are doing

Man, if someone asks you how was the work collective and you say "cordial", you will sound more like a jerk than articulate man. Articulate people know the vocabulary of average Joe and they use words and phrases from day to day language in the most effective way. Remember, purpose of speech is to convey meaning, not to make people reach for the dictionary. Modern vocabulary changes and some words common in the past just won't sound the way they used to. Observe, Adapt and Convey the meaning. These are the rules for being articulate in 2023.

Man, amazing videos. Keep up the good work!

in brief: The video discusses methods to enhance articulate speech. - **Workhorse Words**: The video begins by discussing the concept of "workhorse words," which are common and vague words that are overused in speech. Examples include words like "good" or "nice." The speaker suggests replacing these with more precise and powerful words. - **Four Steps to Replace Workhorse Words**: 1. Select a workhorse word you use excessively. 2. Identify the context in which the word is commonly used. 3. Find an articulate alternative using resources such as the Well-Spoken Thesaurus or specific ChatGPT prompts. 4. Increase awareness of the workhorse word to avoid using it. - **Commonplace Book**: The second secret to articulate speech is maintaining a commonplace book, a collection of clever phrases, concise word combinations, jokes, analogies, metaphors, and quotes that you wish to integrate into your own language. Reviewing this book regularly can help enhance language skills. - **Sentence Construction**: The speaker emphasizes the importance of using fresh and creative word combinations to make sentences more engaging and pleasurable to listen to. Avoiding cliché expressions and vague language can make communication more effective. - **Avoiding Bloated Language**: The final part of the video discusses avoiding bloated language to create lean, crisp sentences. Three types of bloated language are identified: fillers (um, ah, like), redundancy spirals (repeating the same word or phrase), and intensifiers (really, literally, kind of). - **Tips to Avoid Bloated Language**: 1. Keep your mouth closed until you've defined your starting words to avoid fillers. 2. Be aware of redundancy spirals and intensifiers and work to eliminate them. 3. Use techniques like processing the endings of words or creating a finger tab to focus on reducing bloated language in speech. In conclusion, the video provides comprehensive insights and practical tips for enhancing articulate speech, including replacing workhorse words, maintaining a commonplace book, and avoiding bloated language. The speaker encourages viewers to use these techniques to become more articulate and effective communicators.

I'm disturbed by the fact that I have never seen one of your videos. It was satisfying to see someone talking about a topic I have passion for with so much knowledge and integrity! Definetly subscribing.

I like how he's gatekeeping his Commonplace book

This isn’t exactly thought articulation. This is just developing a vocabulary with fancy words Thought articulation is the ability to precisely put your thoughts into words,

I found this channel no more than a couple of weeks ago, and finally subscribed! Amazing content, you deserve all the attention coming your way.

Subscribed. This is incredibly Amazing! I’m in love with English language acquisition as second language and love to articulate my speech and learn collocations alongside the words I learn. We can use our existing vocabulary and expand that by gluing words with the already learned vocabulary. Wonderful, spectacular, Genius speech and points there. 👏🏻

Amazing videos. Keep doing the good work and soon enough it will snowball into helping the whole world be more articulate inside and out.

Thank you so much Josesph! Absolute gem

Shortly, i really appreciate it 🙏

JOSEPH - you are my new favorite KZfaqr!!! Can you please make a video on the importance of reading as it relates to becoming more articulate and also cover what types of books you read? What helped your verbal fluency? Also - can you cover more female orators who are masters of speech?

I think you can make million of dollars if you turn this into well organized program that can transform us into better communicators and would be happy to be the first one to try it out or even help you organize this into a big move.

There’s a reason why for this. There’s a gate keeping of vocabulary and knowledge that defines the things that bring more life in word form So many schools so much education it’s as if it’s a needle in a haystack. So i believe so much of our filler words and horse work words are due to our real life communities and neighborhoods that say the literal same things nd this can go for academic essays in school and ur teacher giving u crap because stuff like this wasn’t taught so there the teach just says something like give more “detail” when writing a paper they are saying being a word smith but they don’t have the articulate and versatility of wordplay. This also goes for convers like in said video so basically these are so common reality as I seen it and experience we all say the same thing a lot and that’s due to lack of or say gate keeping of every single word known to man or planet earth. If we can have that maybe we be more creative and that could inspire,” more artists in poetry and writing,musical, lyrics, stories, movies, shows,etc. I’d never had the actual vocabulary for this I always knew but I never knew that there was a word because everything is words.but for some reason life In the last and today words are all around us and yet invisible for discovery but really u just haven’t found it yet like being in a maze. Some characters in shows or movies music do this horse work thing were they keep saying surface level word play making it mid, mediocre, lame, bland. So if someone can just find all the words known not just a dictionary I mean every single thing. That would be nice

Honestly, it just helps to read books with language that is elevated beyond the level of what you normally use, especially as audiobooks. My son is 8 and it is fascinating to see how he suddenly adds turns of phrase and long words, and becomes elaborate or concise just depending on which book we read to him the night before. And I find myself picking up the language of the books I read as well, I listen to a lot of classics and old books, and this has definitely shaped my use of English.

This speech training is extremely interesting!

This video is so engaging. I can’t stop watching because it’s easy to understand and the vibe is chill while still being dynamic. Masterful scripting

Joseph, I enjoy digesting your content and I was curious if you have a coaching program or if you do consulting?

Crisp and enjoyable. Particularly appreciated the throw away brevity of the request to subscribe at the end.

I appreciated the Clear and Concise path you laid out for us individuals looking to communicate with excellence. It was a good video. Edit: Oh shoot

My intention is to make the opposite person understand everything i say exactly in the way i mean. Using complex words is good only for certain groups of well read people. But simpler words can be understood by all. For example, using apple products is way simpler because they put a lot of effort in making their interfaces simpler. I agree with the points on reducing fillers and being concise. 👍

Wow - Thank you! This content is actionable for one that wants to be more articulate. The "whisper drafting" will be a new tool that I will adopt right away. This content will is a game changer for me. Keep up the good work.

Amazing I’m now learning from people younger than me: this is a monumental video for the lives of young people still making their way in the world! Please also include the extremely overused and now meaningless word, the filler word literally and the word quite.

I am so sad, because when I use precise and uncommon words, my family cannot understand me and complain that it makes them feel stupid. What good is an uncommon word if the audience doesn't understand it?

Be careful not to put aesthetics over accuracy, choosing "interesting" or "colorful" language that misrepresents the truth. And don't use obscure words with an audience that may not understand, or even words that take a moment to recall the meaning of because then your audience falls behind your words and loses meaning. Using common language is actually an aspect of *good* communication, because it's easier for your audience to understand. The best way to improve your communication is to understand your audience.

Know your audience and allow your writing to generate the flow with intentionality. I found your content to be quite useful and thought provoking. I write in my profession and create podcast content. I needed you today to be my guide along with other members who hv added their voices as well. Great idea - keep talking. Finding solutions is critical. Ty

Yes some people use the word really to exemplify what they’re trying to say it’s kinda annoying once you notice it so I’m glad your teaching people more ways to expand their word bank

problem is, i have to implement this to my native language 😆. but hey, it'll worth it, i believe.

1:35 Saying cringe is literally too common nowadays. I'm sick of that word, it's basically just lame now.

So "commonplace book" is the name of the system I employed for quite some time now. I always write down phrases and quotes that I find interesting and that I thought would make me sound more articulate. Thanks for the valuable tips!

I am hesitant to post my thoughts lest I be seen as common. That being said I am thrilled that I found this channel! Write a book please you have so much to offer our inarticulate generation!

my only problem with "improving your speech and langauge" is, like what was mentioned in the video, 99% of us speak slang or don't care to use coherent sentences, very rarely do we find ourselves in conversations where we are required to speak at a higher level. so putting your lessons in to practice is harder IRL

I don't typically leave comments on videos, but I couldn't resist with this one. The techniques taught here on improving articulation, including the use of memorized phrases and clever word substitutions, instantly reminded me of Andrew Tate's approach. Both aspects are incredibly valuable

The way you eliminated vague, feelings-based "solutions", and instead presented a list of practical methods and processes to help us work on our speech is very much appreciated! Many other videos communicate far less in a far greater length time.

I’ve been using a commonplace book for several months now and it’s been amazing! Thank you so much!

And never forget to overly enunciate your Ts in an unnatural way.

0:02. No one says “better” this way in everyday conversation. Stop it.

The quality and ease of use of the resources you've provided is incredible. Looking forward to your next videos.

Thank you for no intro. It’s so nice to go into a topic instantly.

Id rather just sound normal than to give off Know-it-all vibes. Ill stick with good

A la persona que este leyendo esto que dios te cuide, te ilumine, y que dios te bendiga a ti y a tu familia toda la vida y eternidad

Nah bruh but no cap this finna change it up on a whole other level for me on god. Appreciate you fam

When you use a specific word to answer a question or in conversation, you can just tell it hits different and makes all the difference.

I’ll save you 11 minutes: practice

are you the thought police? There's a time a place for 'articulate' words. Describing a sandwich as 'exquisite' doesn't make you a well spoken person. In reality, everything is too complex to fully describe so people use words like 'good' to simplify the scale of what they experienced into something they know is generally understood about what they're describing

Seeing this channel grown over the course of a few months has been a pleasant surprise. I'm not trying to show off any linguistics, yet, I'm just happy to contribute to its growth by subscribing before the 75k subs mark! Best of luck

The video gives a very lucid account of how to develop habits to become more articulate. I wish I could have watched it earlier.

Interesting, i never knew of such thing as a commonplace book. Funnily enough I always kept a bookmark folder on my laptop called 'cool words' which I often added words to on a daily, and reviewed them now and then to build my vocabulary. The more you know.

This is the best video I have seen in a long time. Thank you!

No joke. I jumped for joy when I found this video. Within the first minute of the video I could tell you know exactly what you're talking about and have it down to a science. I love it. Keep up the great work! Subbed and liked.

Oh how great I would be if you were my English teacher in school 😩 so glad I found ya ❤️❤️❤️

One of the best and most helpful videos I’ve seen on KZfaq.

Amazing content - congratulations on blowing up in a few months

This is excellent material assuming you are committed to gaining a certain conception of articulacy. It's so good that it makes me want to clarify the situations in which you should commit to this conception. Wittgenstein pointed out the subtler ways that language works. Our language and the way we use it express the concepts that furnish our world, express our values, and our very form of life. So, um, here are some thoughts I have: (1) less well educated people who work all hours of the day are part of "our generation". I don't think these people will ever become highly articulate, and I don't begrudge them for it. So, Joseph, I don't share your dream of making this generation the most articulate. (2) Filler words communicate that you are rendering a response. Their externalization is a mark of respect to the listener, essentially saying "look, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, but I want you to know that I am constructing my response". In fact, they can be a mark of respect in a power dynamic. (3) I don't agree with your argument that intensifiers such as "very" detract from the word. They communicate the passion of the speaker for the subject matter. I know it's a really widely held belief that intensifiers are bad, probably because of Grammarly etc. But this is no argument. (4) If you're in a room full of people who all use the word "like" or "virtually" or "literally", and you want to fit it, then not using these words is the perfect way to fail to fit in... (5) A more general objection is that language is not only a tool for producing pleasure in listeners. It can also be used to think. Or rather - to work out what we think. "Redundancy spirals" can sometimes be external demonstrations to listeners that they are crafting the concept. It's worth noting, I think, that if you really DID have your dream, and spoke in exact precision all the time, then you would occasionally display an offensive certainty. A mother ought not to be articulate in discovering her dead son. A soldier ought not to be articulate when injured. Articulacy is a product of well established thoughts, but no mark of thinking - of the process of attempting to articulate what hasn't yet been articulated. King's speeches were articulate partly *because* they made explicit certain struggles experienced by a multitude, not *despite* the previous inarticulacy of the suffering. Ultimately, if you follow the advice in this video, on top of what your words are communicating, you will also communicate that you have enough time to make a "Commonplace book". I'm not saying that's a bad thing. You do have one, after all. But not everything does have the time to have one. (more generally, not everyone on earth can go to school). Therefore not everyone ought to communicate this. I am a fan of this video and this is a rather advanced critique - I know that you are mainly advising people who feel that the lack of precision in their speaking is such that it's making precise would bring benefits.

I um liked your video! It was really, really, good. On a more serious note though, I wish you would have given at least of example from each category on your commonplace book. I want to be able to maximize the value of creating one, but I do quite understand how to use it. I understand the reason you might not want to just share yours completely, but doing a future video touching on each category them would be greatly appreciated.

I've been keeping notes of interesting words and phrases on my phone so long, it's became a habit... Every time I hear somebody say something I like, I just note it down... I was struggling to find a "category" for these notes... Now I know :) Thanks man, this video helped me a lot!

It took me a moment to realize he was talking about articulate vocabulary and not articulate enunciation because him enunciating "visualizer" as "visualizier" and "axis" as "access" both within the first 20 seconds caught me really off guard