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Five Wells for a Remarkable Life

Solo – The Single Person’s Guide to a Remarkable Life

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How to Be a Better Speaker

I think we're ready for someone to finish speaking so you can get your comment and thought and point across rather than take a pause, listen, ask questions, get curious. That is a skill that has become all the more valuable because people are now so narcissistic. I teach leaders how to ask more effective questions before they speak with a solution right away. Most of the time your audience wants to be entertained first and they want to learn second. And most speakers want to teach first and entertain second. The last thing I'll say about being well spoken is having written about what you're talking about requires a different level of writing.

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