”I never forgot his story.”

”I want to share a conversation about 8 to 10 years ago that I had with Dave McGuire (the founder of the McGuire Programme)   Dave was talking about what to do when you suddenly find yourself with a feared sound or word.  I can’t remember the details of the story, but that’s not important.  Let’s say it was words starting with ”t”.  Dave told me that after a long stretch of no longer struggling with stuttering, out of the blue he suddenly found himself blocking on ”t” words.  ”So,” said Dave.  ”I took a full day and went out into town and used words starting with ”t” in every situation I could think of.  I did that a couple of hundred times.  Let me tell you, I just killed it.  And at the end of the day I no longer had any fear saying any word beginning with ”t” in any situation.

Dave is a guy who has conquered his own stuttering and created a very successful training for others.  Yet even Dave has his moments of regression.  But Dave has little tolerance for running away from the things he fears.

What Dave said made a real impression on me.  I never forgot his story.

John H
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