When a person speaks in front of the Toastmasters club, they want it to be incredible. They want strong eye contact, a good flow in speech, a passionate voice, and masterful gestures. Rookies who try this all at once, end up flopping because they get overloaded. Reaching this level of mastery takes time. We can cut the time needed by being efficient. By focusing on less instead of more.

Focus on improving on 1 or 2 items

If you try to focus on all the fundamentals at once, your improvement will be slow. Its to better focus on improving at one item at a time.

If you have you have extra 2 hours to practice for a speech which will have more gains? 2 hours on practicing body gestures or splitting those 2 hours on 6 different fundamentals (20 min per fundamental?) The answer is 2 hours on body gestures.

With 2 hours on practicing body gestures, You will have time to investigate what gestures you can use, as well as practice the motions. Just like practicing free shots in basketball, you ingrain the motions into your body each minute you practice. The motions become more natural. The more natural it is, the more you perform without even thinking.

Bonus: Master more skills at once

In the NBA, a basketball player practices all the fundamentals and skills required for their position. Can’t we do the same? Yes, but there is a catch. You need the time. You want to focus on a skill 2-3 hours per week, to improve. That’s enough to give a small noticeable gain per skill.