Max,
Please allow me to rexplain myself.. Perhaps, I wasn't clear.
I already can speak 100% fluently in all situations including public
speaking, etc-- without any technique. I also know that I have always
been able to. I CHOOSE not to, however, because I make PEACE my
highest priority and my technique is now my ACCENT.. It is PART of
me... I do not conciously use it-- It is generally a subconscious,
automatic act. Thus, to "unlearn" it-- I would need to spend time and
effort-- much as someone w/ an accent would have to do to change
their accent. Since my technique is automatic and since there is
nothing negative about it, I have no motivation to invest the time or
energy in "bettering myself" in that way--since I am more than
content w/ my current self. If, in contrast, my technique were still
a safety device or something that I relied upon--or something that
required conscious effort, then your ideas would be right on target.
Since, however, I speak fluently w/ or without technique---but speak
WITH technique unconsciously [even in my sleep, my wife says!]...and
speak WITHOUT technique only w/ concentrated effort [because speaking
w/out technique is no longer natural to me], it's not.
When I say "with effort"-- I mean that the same concentration a new
guy would need to speak w/ technique--is the conc. I would need to
speak w/out it-- perhaps technique is the wrong word-- It has simply
become ME-- my accent.. my way of speaking..
When I moved from NY to Florida, I gradually lost my NY accent, but I
am not going to spend months doing exercises to practice getting it
back. Same analogy applies here : )
