How do you, personally, improve on your conversational skills?

This is not asking for advice, I’m asking how you personally improve on these skills

I stumble on my words.

Sometimes I stutter.

I say things that make 0 sense because in my head I know the context, but not everyone else does (and I assume they do).

I mess up words. I’ll say “dishwasher” instead of “microwave” even though my brain is thinking “microwave”.

I am trying to improve on it by:

Slowing down and allowing myself time to process what I want to say, my brain moves faster than I can speak.

I kind of (sometimes) put it on the other person as well. I don’t always know if I made sense or if I came off rude, so sometimes instead of apologizing right away, I just let them tell me what they think first. Then I clarify.

I also some-what force the other person to be more clear. I ask for clarification even if they think I’m stupid for it. I need people to communicate with me a certain way sometimes, and I’ve just started making sure people do it until they do it automatically. if people aren’t clear, I ask until I 100% am sure what they mean. Some people are starting to get the hint :)