The Kung Fu of Presentation, Part Two: Learning

Round Two – Fight! Here are three quotes from Bruce Lee, with my own practical applications for speaking:

“Use only that which works, and take it from any place you can find it.”
Meet people, use the internet, find and listen to the most useful voices out there.

“I always learn something, and that is: to always be yourself. And to express yourself, to have faith in yourself. Do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate him.”
I don’t want you to be my character when speaking; I want you to find your own, because it will genuinely help you (see my post ‘Building Character’).

“It’s not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential.”
You probably have some bad habits, unnecessary additions to your speaking. Get someone to give you another perspective so that you can identify these remove them. Most people I coach have 90-100% of the tools that they need, but they’re obscured by the bad habits.

I hope those work for you. If they don’t, discard them and find other wisdom that does!