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Michael Barris
Audience-First Communication Strategist | Bestselling Author | Former Wall Street Journal Editor | Rutgers Speaking & Writing Professor
In an Episode of “The Crown,” Queen Elizabeth Comments to British Prime Minister ????Tony Blair: “It’s One Thing to Have Popularity: It’s Another Thing to Have Influence.”
To put this another way …Getting people to allow themselves to be changed by your words is no small feat.
You’ve got to pave the way for acceptance …You’ve got to arouse them emotionally to be receptive to your plan for improving their lives.
Are you trying to do that?
Or are you stuck on trying to get buy-in with dry old logic?
Make your New Year’s resolution, “Show other people why I’m excited about my business more than ever so they will be excited about it too!”
The First Time I Tried Making a Video for My LinkedIn Profile, I Made 35 Takes
I wasn’t happy with how I looked or sounded.
The video seemed to freeze what I saw as my imperfect sentence structure, word choices and overall coherence for all to ridicule.?
Eventually, the breakthrough came.
In an age of ubiquitous social media live broadcasts and hybrid office communication, knowing how to talk to the camera is a must.
If you're hitting roadblocks in your attempts to do LinkedIn videos, click on the picture below and get a complimentary 30-minute free consultation on talking to the camera.
Know your limits
That’s essential for testing your strengths.
Because how much can you push yourself over the edge When you don’t know your breaking point?
Better to advance slowly Then to set yourself back owing to bad judgment.
Learn and grow.
P.S. I’m hosting a webinar on getting audience engagement Jan. 16. It will enhance your ability to get and hold the attention of any crowd. Sign up by clicking the picture below.
MICHAEL'S MOTIVATING MISSIVE
Experience is not what happens to you, it is how you decide to act and react with what happens to you.
Bear in mind, each day brings its own gifts.
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And remember, as the US business consultant and author Price Pritchett says: "If you must doubt something, doubt your limits."
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