Onwards and Upwards
Wendy Corner
?? Amplify Your Message, Make A Difference, Transform Your Impact: From Page to Stage ?
How many times have we heard that particular cliche?
That’s the thing about cliches, they are oft repeated cos there’s a grain (at least) of truth in them!
So at the end of the 3rd Quarter of 2022, my question to you is…
Is your speaking journey heading onwards and upwards?
Are you paddling in the same shallows you were at the end of last quarter?
At the start of the year?
How do you get on bigger stages??
First thing’s first…
Let’s take stock of where you are right now.
Do an inventory of the stages you have appeared on (and that can mean networking meetings (live or virtual), community groups, training situations with you as the trainer or facilitator, summits, podcasts, live stages, TV and radio appearances, hosting your own podcasts, radio, TV shows).
Now ask yourself…
“Where does my message require to be heard?”
There’s an important distinction here to note…
Not “What’s my biggest stage dream?” when it’s more about you.
This is about your message!
As I like to describe it…
You are the Uber driver and your Very Important Passenger is your message
So where are you taking this VIP?
Maybe your ultimate stage is TEDx?
Maybe Carnegie Hall (as one budding speaker told me)?
Maybe a packed out stadium?
Maybe Parliament?
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Maybe the UN or World Economic Forum?
When we focus on ourselves as the speakers and see these “dream” stages through the eyes of our present experience, we are apt to get super nervous and brush off such aspirations as “pipe-dreams”.
However, it IS possible!?
As you progress as a speaker,?
You gain more experience,?
Refine your message,
Push yourself out of your comfort zone every time you speak
And lo and behold…
You’re being booked on to all sorts of stages that right now you can only imagine!!
And that’s the invitation!
Imagine yourself on your dream stage!
Live it in your dreams every day.
Spend time in that delicious vision…
AND
Then take the next step towards that ultimate stage.
Every upscaling requires a shift in your belief and your behaviour.
As you work on both the internal communication and how you deliver the external communication you increase your influence.
As you increase your influence, you naturally gravitate towards bigger stages!
Upscaling your skills in Influential Communication is key here.
Over the next few weeks we will be sharing more about the 7 Pillars of Influential Communication to building bigger stages…
Stay tuned!!
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