Run, Jump I reckon I’m fairly fit for my age; I can run for forty minutes or so at a steady pace and it doesn’t hurt too much afterwards. However, I have no agility – moving quickly or doing anything gymnastic simply isn’t in my repertoire, you whippersnappers. Speak, Leap When training or speaking to a group, if I ask […]
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Blind Prisoner: You do not fear death. You think this makes you strong. It makes you weak. Bruce Wayne: Why? Blind Prisoner: How can you move faster than possible, fight longer than possible without the most powerful impulse of the spirit: the fear of death. Fear is a necessity for your best performance. It’s a
People worry about what to say at their presentation, how to say it, and how to engage the audience. But the spoken word is just one part of it. The main part, admittedly, but the other is your physical shape and movement (oh, and you can forget that idea of only 7% of your communication comes
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My brothers and I all speak well. Pip is an actor, Chris is a risk analyst, and I coach people in communication skills. Work It The fact that we all enjoy speaking isn’t due to a gift for it, but simply a desire to perform. We put in the work and now we’re good at it. Clever us. I put hundreds of
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The Bad Presentation Starts Badly You amble in front of the audience and spend the first thirty seconds focusing on the computer screen, while also turning to look at the projector screen and fumbling with the clicker. By the time you finally look at the audience, they’ve already made up their minds about how the next twenty minutes will go.
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