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Toastmasters Project #1: The IcebreakerMay 14, 2015
How to Confront an Elephant
Elephant Metaphors
❖ Acknowledge the elephant
❖ Comprehend the elephant
❖ Steer the elephant
Step 1
❖ 3+ million Americans stutter
❖ Affects 3 to 5 times as many males
❖ Approx. 5% of children will stutter for a
period of six months
❖ 3/4 will recover leaving 1% with a long
term problem
❖ No cure for stuttering
Acknowledge the elephant
Famous Stutterers
Stumbling Block
WallSource of insecurity
Curse Excuse
?
Comprehend the elephant
Step 2
How do I identify my
stutter?
Comprehend the elephant
Step 2
❖ Motivation
❖ Listening skills
❖ Humility
❖ Gratitude
❖ Patience
❖ Resilience
❖ Compassion
❖ Handle adversity
❖ Ambition
❖ Vision
❖ Wisdom
❖ Tolerance for
discomfort
Comprehend the elephant
Step 3
Steer the elephant
Logic
Emotion
❖ Jonathan Haidt “The Happiness Hypothesis”
❖ The Elephant: emotional/irrational
❖ The Rider: logical/rational
❖ Establish a balance
❖ Direct the rider
❖ motivate the elephant
❖ Share the same path
❖ A stutter can impact the elephant
Step 3
❖ Jonathan Haidt “The Happiness Hypothesis”
❖ The Elephant: emotional/irrational
❖ The Rider: logical/rational
❖ Establish a balance
❖ Direct the rider
❖ motivate the elephant
❖ Share the same path
❖ A stutter can impact the elephant
Steer the elephant
Logic
Where do you steer the elephant?
Stutter
AMBITION
Self- worth
CONFIDENCEDIGNITY HOPEACCEPTANCE
GUILT SHAME ISOLATION FEARDENIAL
ANXIETY
How to confront an elephant
❖ Acknowledge the elephant
❖ Comprehend the elephant
❖ Steer the elephant
R.I.P.Elephant
Thank You
National Stuttering Awareness WeekMay 11-17, 2015
For more information:National Stuttering Association
www.westutter.org
Stuttering Foundation of Americawww.stutteringhelp.org