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Hollywood screenwriters have a maxim: enter the scene late and leave early. What this means for speakers is that the sooner you can get to the conflict—the dramatic event—the more engaged your audience will be.
World Class Speaking in Action
Craig Valentine
Learning to listen, as I have done, helped me inquire into my own ways, to see my ghosts and programmed ways of being. Listening with an open, non-judging heart allowed me to learn when I’d had enough of the world and its harsh need to change me into someone I am not. That learned declaration of enough supports the grittiest, most equanimous expression possible: that as broken-open as I may be, I am enough. Just as I am, I am enough.
“So those make sense to me and aren’t terribly different from what I thought you would have said, but I think you’re leaving some things unsaid.” Translation: I’m not impressed so far and think you’re holding out on me.
And: “Let me get a little more narrow there because I still think you have constraints that aren’t said out loud, which is fine.” Translation: Apparently you’re not getting it, and I still think you’re holding out on me.
And, before delivering a pointed opinion (in this case, that a friend is misdirecting his time trying to be too broad): “This might sound terrible and I don’t think many people will tell you this…” Translation: This might hurt a bit but it’s for the best.
After the Process: Meet Sam Hinkie 2.0
Chris Ballard
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