The Power Of Words~Part 2

Here is another excerpt from another of David Whyte’s poems, “Coleman’s Bed:”

    “Refuse to talk, even to yourself, and stay in this place until the current of the story is         strong enough to float you out.”

How many presentations have you heard or given like that recently? Presentations so compelling the “current of the story is strong enough to float you out.” Not too many I would guess. It is estimated that thirty million presentations are given every day. You can bet that millions of those presentations fail to achieve their intended goals and more often than not will be received with yawns.

But rather than a dry recital of facts and numbers, you and your staff can learn how to tell your story with passion, clarity, and conviction. In a great presentation, you need both the words and ability to speak them in a compelling way.

Most of us are far more familiar with losing our true voice and the polls confirm that public speaking is our number one fear. We know only too well those moments of dread and terror as our speech or presentation approaches and the disappointment of folding under pressure. Frankly, I don’t blame any of us for being scared or anxious. The words we choose to speak at any moment tell the world who we are and what we believe. We instinctively know that words are powerful and necessary tools. Words can both sooth and comfort and then can just as easily crush and humiliate.
 
Many business cultures don’t support or welcome a person using their honest and true voice in the work place. In order to avoid conflict, many working people today simply stop speaking up all together and as a result, become exhausted in their minds, spirits and their bodies. Even so, I believe that you can get both your voice and your worth back. You can learn how to tell your story with confidence, focus, and power.

As a professional speaking coach, I can help you learn how to tell your story so that it becomes so compelling, your audience wants to pay attention and more importantly, respond positively to your requests. You can learn how to make every presentation more effective and strategic so that you will achieve exactly what outcome that you desire.

You no longer need to suffer in public or in private about your inability to speak to your full and complete satisfaction. Aristotle said, “Begin with the end in mind.”  Learn to speak in your real Voice, and every story you tell will have an unmistakable and original current that is strong enough to float both you and your audience out. And in the end, every good word you choose, will become “bread for a thousand.”