any tricks to reducing filler words when speaking?

i say these phrases too often:

– and stuff
– things like that
– kind of
– maybe even like
– ending too many sentences with "right?"
– using "like" WAY too much

i want to come across as casual, but i know these aren't helping me either

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hear me out, have you ever practiced having conversations with yourself?

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lol, not really

the good news is that i can get a ton of practice since we run 3-4 events per week at Invisible College and i can listen back to the recordings

i find it tough to think about reducing those phrases while also trying to talk intelligently about something on the fly, though

those are both great ideas! i've always wanted to try improv

I use otter.ai & record myself talking about an idea I want to explore... the nice thing about dictation is you can measure what you're trying to eliminate saying.

another possibility is improv class.