Smash It Do you make an impact when you speak? No? Well that’s fine with me. ‘Making an impact’ is a term often used when describing supposed good presentation technique, and being memorable is certainly a feature of good communication. All Breakages Must Be Paid For However, if even for just a moment I think that the person communicating with me is […]
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Bruce Lee was a legendary martial artist. He had a very clear fighting philosophy: Efficiency: Attacking your target in the least amount of time, with maximum force. Directness: Doing what comes naturally in a disciplined way. Simplicity: Thinking in an uncomplicated manner; without ornamentation. I am not a legendary martial artist. I have a very clear speaking philosophy:
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What’s the greatest advice I can give you to improve your speaking and presentations? Keep going. This applies to situations such as: the split second during a presentation when things go wrong the moment when you’re rehearsing for the third time when you start writing a great idea and think ‘I’ve got plenty of time, I’ll just
“The ability to talk to a lot of people is freakish”. Chris Rock utters these words when chatting to Jerry Seinfeld on Seinfeld’s web show ‘Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee‘. The whole thing’s good, but that particular bit is at 8:52. Watching Seinfeld and Rock (perfect casting for a ’48 Hours’ re-make right there) discussing courage
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I have two approaches to unknown situations: Learn as much as I can about it before committing to a course of action. Get stuck in and learn as I go. Which is best? Number 1 is the sensible choice obviously, but number 2 is really good fun if there isn’t much at stake. For speaking,
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