Recording yourself can help with this too. I recorded myself rehearsing for my first ever presentation, and found that when it seemed to me that I was speaking so slowly that I was sarcastically calling the audience stupid, when played back I was speaking at the right pace.
The right pace for whom? I hate it when other people talk slowly, too. I don’t think I’d calibrate properly if I aimed at making myself sound slow enough to myself.
I think it pays to be able to adjust the speed to the situation / audience. In my toastmasters groups I actually overdid the slowing after becoming aware of my too high speed.
Recording yourself can help with this too. I recorded myself rehearsing for my first ever presentation, and found that when it seemed to me that I was speaking so slowly that I was sarcastically calling the audience stupid, when played back I was speaking at the right pace.
The right pace for whom? I hate it when other people talk slowly, too. I don’t think I’d calibrate properly if I aimed at making myself sound slow enough to myself.
I think it pays to be able to adjust the speed to the situation / audience. In my toastmasters groups I actually overdid the slowing after becoming aware of my too high speed.