It’s time to re-start this blog with a bang!
What better way then to discuss how public speaking can make you richer, thinner, and better in bed? What? You don’t believe me? Let’s take a light-hearted look at some serious advice. Then later you can see what Laura Bergells, Olivia Mitchell , Jeff Bailey and Lisa Braithwaite have to say on this topic.
- Richer
- Thinner
- Better in bed
Richer
If you look in my shirt pocket right now, you will find a bookmark. This bookmark came with an invitation to subscribe to Fortune magazine. On this bookmark are listed “3 Skills You Can Improve Right Now”. Can you guess what they are?
Number 3 is memory skills. What were we talking about? Oh yeah…
Number 2 is negotiating skills. Do you still want to see number one?
Number 1 is PUBLIC SPEAKING! Wooo Hoooo! Fortune Magazine suggested in 2006 that public speaking can “have a quick and measurable impact on your career.”
Since 1912, Dale Carnegie has focused “on giving people in business the opportunity to sharpen their skills and improve their performance in order to build positive, steady, and profitable results” and has become one of the best known training centers for public speaking.
Mostly, success is considerably boosted by confidence. I once heard Alan Weiss say that having skills leads to confidence, which leads to taking chances, which leads to learning new skills, which leads to more confidence… completing the circle. For me, that was an incredible revelation. If you look at any successful person, a person rich in life if not money (maybe also money) , you are likely to see confidence. Someone who others look up to and who seems confident in him or herself.
So if you want to be successful, you will make great gains by building your public speaking skills.
Thinner
Is this a new diet? Adkins, South Beach, and Public Speaking? Which will you pick?
No. Not a diet. But how you eat does effect your performance when you are speaking or presenting and there is sound advice to follow about eating.
Don’t stuff yourself before you speak. It can slow you down. It can add to your lethargy. It can sometime give you gastrointestinal discomfort. Any discomfort can throw you off your game. Anytime you are trying to connect with your audience, it is easier if you are comfortable.
It just so happens that many diets tell you that one way to lose weight is to “delay” eating. Wait to eat that treat. Wait to go back for seconds. Waiting can lead to second thoughts, then eventually just saying “nevermind”. If you are really lucky, after your presentation you will have been successful in creating a connection with your audience and they will take up your time and you won’t get to eat anyway. <grin>
Better in Bed
Yeah, yeah… I know what you thinking. That’s not it.
What do you do in bed? You sleep. Unless you are worried and anxious about speaking in front of a group.
So learn how to be a better speaker. Build your confidence. Find yourself a coach if necessary.
Then you can sleep well the night before your big presentation!
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It also makes you thinner because of the calories you burn while standing to speak for a time – you are more active as a speaker.
As for better in bed? By buying a story notebook, you can make your time in bed more productive by writing down those 2 am dreams and ideas!
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Love it, Michael! Thanks for playing along. I also think Rich makes some good points!
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Love your take on this!
I feel thinner and richer already.
Can’t wait to see what night time brings!
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