Does how your voice sounds mess with your head? Do you hear yourself and cringe? Even though many people tell us we shouldn’t care about that, lots of us still do. And that insecurity might be keeping you from putting out content and connecting with your audience. And if you have to speak to people…
To Be Effective, Spark Curiosity, Interact and Help Them Experience Your Message. This photo captures the best way to engage an audience. The entertainer connected with the audience member. He aroused the child’s curiosity. He’d been spinning plates, saw the child watching, and invited him to play. They shared laughter and fun. But things didn’t…
Build Your Intuitive Skills to Connect and Communicate with Anyone in Your Life There are four main building blocks of human communication and connection and they aren’t what you’d think. You’d think they are about preparing yourself and your voice, your story. You would imagine they are about what you will express to the people you…
How to Handle Tears During a Public Speech The other night, at my book release party, someone asked about how to deal with being emotional during a public speaking event. “What is the place of natural tears when you’re public speaking,” she asked. She shocked me into silence. This strong, brave woman, who is a…
Are you looking for an effective way to expand your business? Do you want to reach a bigger audience with a more in-depth look at your company’s goals and message? You should write a book to tell your business’ story. And here’s how to begin. Before you write the book that will meet those goals,…
To speak successfully, first you must listen. In today’s episode, I explore the three main strategies of listening to your audience when you are the one doing the speaking. Whether you have an interview, meeting, or a public speech in front of thousands, your listening and perception skills are crucial to your success. Listen to…
Everything in my life has been coming back to relevance. As I develop this new phase of my life, I am trimming away anything that doesn’t serve me. I have modified my patterns of behavior, thought modes, and emotional triggers. My motto is: If it doesn’t serve me, it goes. That perspective makes things easier,…
Yesterday, I learned a lesson about the importance of working with the people who will best respond to your efforts. I have read a great deal about identifying your avatar and then producing and marketing to that avatar. The avatar can be defined as the ideal receiver of your product. It could be the ideal…