Improving Articulation

Knowing the truth and expressing the truth are very distinct things.  The former is the more important of the two, for it is a prerequisite to the second and is significant even when detached from outward communication.  But expressing the truth--sharing it with others or pursing it with them--is the action that naturally follows from knowing the truth.  And expressing truths inherently involves communication of some sort.

Perhaps you already know a wide spectrum of valuable information and can prove what the truth of a matter is, but you still want to be swifter and more precise with your words.  There is no set of activities that are absolutely certain to boost your ability to articulate things with the utmost speed and clarity, but there are certainly activities that are likely to help you develop such skills!  Conversing with others and writing, whether for yourself or for a particular external audience, are among these.

The process of regularly writing can greatly enhance one's ability to speak well.  It can hone the careful expression of particular concepts or thoughts, which can in turn aid one's conversations with others, since expression of concepts is common to both writing and speaking.  I know that writing on my blog for the past two years, considering both the frequency and the content of my writings, has certainly helped me cultivate the ability to summarize, clarify, and prove very specific points in a smaller amount of time.  Write how you want to speak, and you may find that your writing will influence how you verbally communicate.

Some people do not like writing, and there is nothing wrong with this.  However, if they find themselves wishing they were better at wielding effective articulation, writing may be the thing that can give them the abilities they desire.  Over a prolonged period of time, it could dramatically expand one's communication skills in many ways.  That either the ability to write or speak could sharpen the other is not surprising when one understands the nature of each.  Both are manifestations of language.  In order to become an optimal communicator, one must develop both.