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Look here, this yellow part is your normal vocal pitch, and it's higher than it actually should be. And that's not because you were born that way, but because you're using your voice incorrectly. And if you then get into a stressful situation, your voice quickly becomes very, very high here in this red area, where you simply appear incompetent, insecure, and uninteresting. And that's why I'm going to show you, using this and this graphic, how to get a permanently deeper voice in a natural way with the wave exercise in three simple steps. Have fun with it and much communicative success. A warm welcome, Benedikt Held here from Redefabrik. When I say this at the beginning, it sounds drastic at first. But actually, a study from Duke University found that people with a higher vocal pitch appear less educated, less competent, less employable, and less attractive. And now you might say, yes, but Benedikt, I was just born with a high voice. I can reassure you, because with your vocal cords, it's roughly like with this band here. The more tension I put on it, you already see, the faster it vibrates. This makes the voice higher, so to speak. And the more relaxation there is, the slower it vibrates and the lower the vocal pitch becomes. And you can also see this here in this model graphic. The more relaxed and the slower, so to speak, the frequency of your voice is, the more self-confident you appear. And there's another study, from Duke University. If you look here in this green area, [clears throat] they actually looked at nearly 800 male CEOs of large companies and examined how large the companies are, and the exciting thing is, a reduction of a high vocal pitch by 22 Hz lower was associated with over 440 million more in company revenue, €187,000 more annual salary, and the person stayed in office over 150 days longer. So in short, deeper voices bring you extremely many advantages. And the mistake that many people make now, however, is that they—and this is now this red area—want to speak particularly deeply and self-confidently. And that then just appears silly and inauthentic. And that is precisely what I want to convey to you here, how you can get a deeper voice on the one hand, but do so in a natural way, and also how you can get this voice permanently deeper, because that's what we do here at Redefabrik, how you can simply appear better externally through your communication, body language, voice, inner self-confidence, and rhetoric. And what I want to give you for this is the so-called wave exercise. Take a look at the following diagram. The wave exercise consists of three simple phases. The first phase is, so to speak, this crinkling of the wave. What do you do for this? You first relax yourself. Do it along with me. Yes, so you should really loosen up all your limbs, everything here a bit. Of course, also this neck and throat area, also open your mouth somehow, and although it looks strange, if you do this before a presentation or before an important conversation, or of course also simply as a daily 5-minute exercise, it's really worthwhile to loosen everything up completely there. This crinkling also includes the following, yes, this snorting and letting it flutter, and then also your hands and your arms and your whole body, as I said, to make it a bit looser, because that calms down this whole tension that may have built up over the day. And then comes phase number 2 and 3, this wave. And you do the following: Ha ha ha. If you have a bit of fun doing this, because you really look a bit strange, all the better. I even did this in this video with thousands of clicks, so you can do it privately for yourself in the restroom before the presentation. It's not necessarily advisable for everyone to hear you doing it, but it will help you, so to speak, to lower your own vocal frequencies from this yellow high, almost into this red, and then, however, ha, into this deep. And the good thing about it is that it's natural, because you are going down into what is still natural for you in this relaxed tonality. And you can then use this in a small form when speaking, because when you speak there and go down with your voice at the end of the sentence, you have a much more self-confident effect than if you go up with your voice or if you stay the same, but if you go down, then you emphasize what you want to say. So, first relax, second go up a bit with your voice, and then go deeper. If you do this for 2, 3, 4, 5 minutes in total, then you will get a deeper voice in a natural way, and it is also in a permanent way, because you are conditioning and training yourself and your body to speak a bit more relaxed and a bit deeper. And at the same time, and this is very important to me, when you watch a video like this on the topic of a deep voice, you might think: "Wow, this will change so much." But it is only an important, but only a small puzzle piece in your overall communication. There is also body language, there is storytelling, there is perhaps humor, there is your whole way of appearing externally through rhetoric and in general. That also has a lot to do with internal factors. And if you don't want to focus on just one factor, the voice, but want to get a reflection of which factors actually make you appear insecure, whether it's more the voice, body language, or other aspects, or if you are already making a good impression externally overall, we will gladly give you a free charisma analysis. If you then say: "Hey, that was an interesting reflection, and I want to take the next steps with you," then we also have the Charisma Mentoring, but it is a non-binding, initial free consultation. So if you want to get external feedback on your voice or your overall impact, then you can register for a free charisma analysis at charismatisch-werten.de, and we look forward to giving you an initial reflection and then seeing if and to what extent we can even support you further. So, all the best with it, have fun with the wave exercise, and much communicative success. เ