“I’ll never be any good at that.” “I’m rubbish at this.” “I always mess it up.” Lots of people tell themselves this kind of damaging, destructive nonsense every day (British people in particular, it seems, although I have precisely no data to back that up. It seems to be true, though). Resilience Well, giving up’s easy; […]
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Are you scared of speaking in public? Of course you are, you’re a human being. No-one in their right mind enjoys it (well, I enjoy it, but that proves my point). Think it’s going to be really difficult to become confident? Well, it’s not. Hard work perhaps, but with the right guidance (mine, obviously) it can actually
I coach people to become confident speakers, and I do it in a day or less. But how do I achieve this miracle? How do I give them this wonderful, intangible, magical, seemingly unattainable quality of confidence? Well, it’s simple: I cheat. Hold on, let me qualify that; yes, I give people brilliant, tried and tested techniques
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You have to give a presentation in front of a big group. But when they introduce you, you say to everyone: “You don’t need to see my presentation. These aren’t the slides you’re looking for. You can go about your business. Move along.” What a great trick that would be! But that’s not what I’m going to describe to
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Boooooring I see a lot of predictable nonsense: presentations, emails and adverts that need a good kick up the arse to make them interesting. They need a story. But what makes a good story? Trouble/Drama/Conflict Everyone has bad days, and has had to deal with events they wish had never happened, things that bring them
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