Some skills can be improved by just practicing long enough. Let’s take running. Basically, the longer you run, the longer you will be able to run (within certain limits, of course).
Communicating is different. Your communication skills won’t improve by talking longer. In fact, the opposite might take you a much longer way. Try using fewer words to say the same thing and magic happens.
Clarity is valued a lot by our audiences. But it is probably the most underpracticed skill for speakers.
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Martin Luther King didn’t need a slide at all. Dick Hardt used 50 slides – per minute! Both used the ideal number of slides – for the
We’re living in the attention economy (think “5 super weird reasons why your headline doesn’t perform”). Whoever gets the audience’s attention, gets the first shot
This week (like any other week) seems like a great week to try and do some things differently. How about one of these? Smile more
