Say It Like You Mean It

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MAGBOOK BY PERSONA BALANCE · ISSUE 02 · VOICE WEEK

Don’t wait until you feel sure. Say it.

Seven days. Three targets. Twenty-one to-dos. One sentence you’ll actually say.

24 pages · A4 printable PDF · $9

A magazine you actually finish

Read it once. Then say it for a week. Say It Like You Mean It is part magazine, part journal, part seven-day programme: a place to practise the sentences you’ve edited, softened, postponed or kept to yourself. Read the right page. Do the left one.

Start on a Monday. Each day gives you one mission, three to-dos and reading that explains why it matters. By Sunday, you’ll bring it together in a timed 45-minute Rehearsal.

Your seven-day Voice Week

1. Count the hedges: notice the words you use to soften what you mean.
2. Hear yourself: record your voice and listen once.
3. Ask for one thing: one sentence, no preamble.
4. Take the credit: take the compliment. Skip the wince.
5. Say the hard sentence: Fact. Effect. Ask.
6. Hold the room: speak first, once, then let it land.
7. Run the Rehearsal: forty-five minutes, start to finish, timed.

Say it in 8 seconds

The one-sentence ask, no preamble. Practise making a clear request without wrapping it in apologies.

What kind of quiet are you?

The Apologiser, the Deflector, the Drafter or the Fader? The quiz helps you recognise your pattern and find the mission that matters most to you.

Three targets. Twenty-one to-dos. One week.

• A voice you’ve heard: know your hedges, hear yourself on tape and retire your top three.
• Three things said out loud: a clear ask, a compliment accepted with a full stop and one hard sentence said.
• A Rehearsal you’ll do again: speak first once and complete the full Sunday Rehearsal.

What’s inside

• 24-page digital MagBook with seven mission days
• Three defined targets and 21 to-dos on the Big Board
• “What kind of quiet are you?” quiz and the Hedge Tally
• The one-sentence ask and the Done List
• The hard-sentence script: Fact. Effect. Ask.
• Voice Week Scorecard
• The 45-minute Sunday Rehearsal and a repeatable page to keep

The Rehearsal, minute by minute

• 0–10: Tally
• 10–25: Script
• 25–35: Rehearse
• 35–40: Book
• 40–45: Stop

Forty-five minutes. Once a week. Same chair. Voice Week is the training; the Rehearsal is the part you keep.

Format and use

You receive one 24-page A4 printable PDF, with pages for reading and writing. Print it. Pin it. Tick it. This is a digital download; no physical magazine will be shipped.

For personal use only. Please do not share, resell or redistribute the file. This MagBook offers general self-reflection and practical structure; it is not therapy, diagnosis or personalised professional advice.

Don’t wait until you feel sure. Say it.