Public Speaking - What's the Sub Thing?

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Nick morgan: I think the first thing you need to do is really narrow your focus. The key is startingwell, what are those sub topics? And this can be as simple as going to amazon and searching through their hierarchy of book categories. When i felt like i had mastered that, or really gott in a grasp of that, then i went on to the next public speaking sub topic. Ad plus, knowing that i had great look slides gave me more confidence. So i'm currently reading a book on how to inject humor into your presentations called, do you talk funny?

Jeff Brown breaks down how to make the most of the one habit that puts you ahead in your career: reading.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to strategically pick out your next read

2) How to double (or triple) your reading speed in minutes

3) Two simple tricks to maximize comprehension

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— ABOUT JEFF —

Jeff is an award-winning radio producer and personality, and former nationally-syndicated morning show host. Following a 26-year career in radio, Jeff went boss-free in 2013 and soon after launched the Read to Lead Podcast. It has gone on to become a four-time Best Business Podcast nominee and has featured Jeff's interviews with today's best business and non-fiction authors, including actor and author Alan Alda, Stephen M. R. Covey, Seth Godin, John Maxwell, Liz Wiseman, Dr. Henry Cloud, Gary Vaynerchuk, Simon Sinek, Brian Tracy, Nancy Duarte, and over 300 more.

Jeff has personally coached hundreds of successful podcasters around the globe – many of them award nominees and winners themselves – and has consulted on podcasts for the US government, two of the largest churches in the US, and numerous multi-million dollar companies.

Jeff and his work have been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, and Hubspot, the blogs of Seth Godin, Chris Brogan, Jeff Goins, and Social Media Explorer, as well as publications like the Nashville Business Journal, the Tennessean, and hundreds of other blogs and podcasts.

• Jeff’s book: Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career, with Jesse Wisnewski

• Jeff’s website: ReadToLeadBook.com

• Jeff’s podcast: Read to Lead

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• App: Focus@Will

• App: Idagio

• Tool: reMarkable 2

• Study: “Readers absorb less on Kindles than on paper, study finds”

• Book: Purple Cow, New Edition: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin

• Book: Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins

• Book: The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni

• Book: The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership: Follow Them and People Will Follow You by John Maxwell