Meetings can range from fast-moving and inspiring to slow and demoralising. Here are my thoughts on how to achieve the former. Meetings can be a real pain, can’t they? They can go on for too long, they can be vague, they can involve people just talking and talking and you not getting your say. So
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For the best chance of success, start preparing your talk NOW. I often claim that the tip I’m giving you in one of these videos is the best one or one of the best ones, but this is absolutely the best one, so strap in. It’s simply that you should start preparing immediately for your
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Who communicates best? Yes, I claim introvert. I think that I’m an introvert who’s learned how to do extrovert stuff. You see, for a long time, I thought being an introvert was being quiet and being an extrovert was being loud, and therefore I was an extrovert. Then someone pointed out that it’s how you
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The best communication isn’t formal, it’s natural and organic. I think the best communication, whether it’s a talk, or a meeting, or a phone call, or a presentation, is natural and it’s more like a conversation. If you frame your communication as a conversation, then I think you create something that’s better for your audience
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Before your talk: plan properly. On the day itself: go with whatever happens. Great quote from Mike Tyson: ‘Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.’ Eisenhower: ‘I have always found planning to be essential, but plans to be useless.’ And another military quote: ‘A plan never survives first contact with the
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