| Faith, hope and love. | | | | pulse in the background when you talk. Even in your |
| The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick-maker. | | | | daily conversations. Listen closely anytime someone is |
| One flew east. One flew west. And one flew over | | | | speaking and you'll sense his or her speaking pulse. |
| the cuckoo's nest. | | | | The most compelling conversationalists are able to |
| In the speaking world, speaking in threes is so | | | | change their pulse in a heartbeat making their |
| deceptively simple, yet magically powerful. It has the | | | | message sound more appealing. |
| power to paint a lavish scenery in an instant. It has | | | | Speaking in threes adds a pleasant rhythm to your |
| the ability to churn your stomach with gut-wrenching | | | | talk. Say these out loud, "Pain, passion and pleasure. |
| emotion. It has the creative wherewithal to channel | | | | Our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor. Medical, |
| people on a virtual journey. Yet less than five | | | | dental and vision." These all have a quick, punchy, |
| percent of the speakers I've seen regularly use this | | | | staccato pulse, which makes them easier for your |
| enchanting device. | | | | listeners to picture, recall and repeat. |
| In communicating, speaking in threes creates | | | | They incorporate the Da, da-Da, da-Da pattern. Wine, |
| credence to your message. It increases impact to | | | | women and song. Health, happiness and hugs. Fame, |
| your talk. It adds flavor to you presentation. It | | | | fortune and girls. People may not remember the bulk |
| supplies syncopation to your speech. And that's a | | | | of your message, but they usually remember the Da, |
| very good thing. | | | | da-Da, da-Da pattern when you've spoken in threes. |
| Here are three keys benefits from speaking in | | | | 3) You will appear as an authority figure. People will |
| threes... | | | | perceive you as an expert in your field. Someone |
| 1) You become more engaging. In one of my | | | | who knows what they're talking about. Someone |
| openings, when touching on childhood dreams I | | | | who has been there-done that. It's a huge credibility |
| suggested, "Maybe you wanted to become a | | | | booster. You will already be ahead of the credibility |
| superhero fighting against the forces of darkness. | | | | curve. |
| Perhaps you wanted to cruise the heavens in the | | | | I listened to Nick, a member in my speaking group |
| space shuttle. Or maybe you wanted the house with | | | | use the power of threes. It was music to my ears. |
| the white picket fence and the two-and-a-half kids." | | | | He was telling a story about himself. The audience |
| With a broad three-layered stroke the audience is | | | | seemed to be spellbound when he would instantly |
| taken back to their youth. They begin to reflect on | | | | group three ideas into one sentence. I could feel the |
| the dreams they had while growing up. They are also | | | | forward progression. I witnessed how people tended |
| brought back to their childhood surroundings. | | | | to lend him more attention when he spoke in threes. |
| But what's also important to note is: | | | | To become a more powerful, gripping and engaging |
| Everyone is now in concert. We have arrived on | | | | communicator-try speaking in threes. You'll expand |
| common ground and are ready to move forward. Or | | | | the picture you're painting and you'll add variety to |
| backward. Or sideways. That's the power of | | | | your rhythmic pulse. Then watch your audience |
| speaking in threes. | | | | absorb your message with eager anticipation. |
| 2) You create a rhythmic cadence. There's actually a | | | | |