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Mind Shift: It Doesn’t Take a Genius to Think Like One

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Mind Shift #2: You Don’t Need an Audience You don’t need an audience to reveal your greatness. You don’t need an audience to prepare for the biggest moments of your life. Commit to greatness when you have no audience. We can become so focused on our goals that “the people in our life may quickly go out of focus.”

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Stop Making Sense

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How can you subtract just enough reasonableness to rile up your audience, without sounding completely insane? Use direction-giving language, so your audience knows exactly what is expected of them. Sometimes—oftentimes—we don’t want to “move” an audience in the moment; we want to shift their very existence. Show Up To Stir Up.

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Why Content Isn’t King in Leadership Communications

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“One of my clients tended to focus on facts, research, and statistics about their product’s ingredients, which was interesting to them but overwhelming and boring to their audience of prospective customers,” Laurie told me. Always consider the needs and expectations of your audience.

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Afraid of Public Speaking? You Should Be

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Then, I won’t notice the room or my nerves or anything other than being one with the material and the audience. But what experienced speakers know is that the “right” kind of fear in a talk is not the fear of forgetting the material but rather that the audience won’t pick up what you’re trying to say.

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How To Build a Future Others Don’t See

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Create powerful visuals, become great at telling stories, invite others in, and think big, but don’t get too far ahead of your audience. Disrupt a Culture; Leave a Legacy To disrupt a culture, you need to do something that is bigger than you. Never get past what they can tolerate at the moment.

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First Look: Leadership Books for March 2023

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They’re better at changing minds, engaging audiences, and driving action. Maxwell shares everything he’s learned from a lifetime of communication. They’re how teachers teach, policymakers govern, and doctors explain. Even our private thoughts rely on language. But certain words are more impactful than others.

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LeadershipNow 140: October 2021 Compilation

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Deliver Presentations That Make Audiences Care by @KareAnderson. How A Strong Mind Can Give You The Resilience Advantage by @LaRaeQuy. The Great Capitulation: Here’s Why You’re Losing Too Many Good People by @artpetty. Leadership Word of the Day: DISAPPOINTED by @edbatista. How to Stop Feeling Like a Failure by @SteveGutzler.

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