The only difference between one voice and another lies in the attitude of its owner, the amount of thought given to its use. Whether we think of it merely as a series of vague, automatic noises that come-of-themselves whenever we want to make known our thoughts and wants, or as a vital and miraculous means whereby we can express the best in

nothing is more revealing about your personality than your voice. What does the voice do? It reveals all the emotions inherent in man —anger, frustration, happiness, contentment, etc. Actually, the impression you make on other people is not done with words, but how you speak them.

This is the first principle of Better Breathing—that the breath should pass out and in, not in and out. The stale air must be expelled before the clean air can enter, so the act of breathing is just this—continuously and rhythmically creating a vacuum

What good habits do we need to acquire? Habits for our breath, habits for our speech, habits for our words, even. Not the habit of using the same words—we shall make a habit of avoiding these—but the habit of choosing more apt and expressive ones, worthy of our new expressive voice.

the amount of breath we let in and out, and the manner in which we allow it to enter and exit, exactly determine the amount of voice that results and the quality of its sound, for Breath is Voice.

—as if you were breathing on your hands to warm them, or making steam on a window-pane—producing a whispered “HAH . . .” Don't hold back the breath, or there will be no strength in it, and feeble breath means feeble tone.

When people are nervous they tend to use the extreme ends of their natural pitch: thus men tuck their chins into their collars and growl into their boots, and women tilt their chins and talk out of the top of their heads. And in normal, un-anxious conversation there are many lazy voices that cling to the particular pitch that comes easiest, instead

TELL YOURSELF YOU ARE BREATHING NOT JUST TO RETAIN LIFE BUT TO LIVE IT, AND LIVE IT MORE ABUND- ANTLY. THAT YOU ARE BREATHING TO BENEFIT YOUR BODY AND BRAIN AS WELL AS YOUR SPEECH, AND THAT EVERY LUNGFUL OF AIR IS HELPING TO ENRICH NOT ONLY YOUR VOICE BUT YOUR WHOLE PERSONALITY.

Music plays a similar part in our thought. So does speech. A person's voice can attract or repell—largely because its tones carry a definite association.