If practice alone made people fluent, everyone at the gym would be an athlete. For years, professionals have been told: “Just practice speaking and fluency will come.” But after 22+ years of training Business and Military Professionals, I can tell you: practice alone does not guarantee fluency. In fact, it often creates the opposite— fossilized mistakes, frustration, and slow progress. The mindset shift is crucial: Fluency is not the result of endless speaking. It is the resu