TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

7 Mar 2017 · 1 min

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A short live-stream by TJ Walker giving advice on how to start presentations and speeches. Walker argues speakers should begin by saying something interesting and useful to the audience rather than launching into personal history or defensive credentialing; this engages listeners and makes them want to learn about the speaker.

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Do you want to know the trick on how to have a perfect start to your next presentation or speech? Well, here it is. Start by saying something interesting and useful to your audience. Nobody ever does that. People feel this need to. Well, today I'm going to talk about this and outlining it. Before we start, let me tell you about the boring history of me and my company and my credentials. People start off in a defensive way, feeling like they have to earn the credibility and trust of the audience. No, that's a weak, weak way of doing it. It's boring. Just start off by saying something interesting and useful to your audience. Then they'll want to learn more about you.