Voice & Enneagram Our voice is far more than a communication tool. A breath of air flows into your body, taking on your unique thoughts, feelings and emotions, and when it re-emerges it’s filled with your essence. There’s no better way to understand a person from the way he/she uses his/her voice: Does the …
To influence your audience and have them think, feel and take action, you must engage your audience, give them time to reflect on what you’ve said and relate it back to their own lives. Rushing through your speech does not offer that opportunity. Pause does. Pause, expressed in silence, is more than silence. As Dale Carnegie put, …
8 out of 10 of my clients speak very fast. “It’s just the way I talk. I tried to remind myself but still have difficulty slowing down. “People always ask me to repeat, which frustrates me.” “I speak so fast that I feel breathless after some time.” Did you experience similar frustrations? You might think …
Nine out of ten clients told me that they are monotone in their presentations. The problem is not that we are not expressive, but that we’ve kept the emotions to ourselves in the modern society. We see expressing emotions as a sign of being weak, getting easily seen through or taken advantage of by others. The truth …
I was coaching a client lately on presentation. The feedback he received from the participants included “boring” and “not engaging”. Upon having him presenting to me, I realized one of the major issues he had was that he was telling almost all the time. People learn from autonomy and reflection. In presentations, we, as audience, …
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