Last week at my networking meeting, I asked my fellow team mates if they could make a list of 10 things that they are passionate about. Most of them raised their hands. “Really,” I said, “you are all that in touch with your passions?”
“Ok,” I said, “I’m going to give you all a minute or two to show me how much you know yourselves. Take out a paper and pencil and make your list. These passions should flow out of your mouth, because you know them so well.”
Well, no surprise, they didn’t know their passions as well as they thought. “Why did I ask you this question about your passions, I asked?” Someone answered, “So that we can use these passions in our one-minute presentations?”
(Every week we all give a one-minute presentation about our businesses and ourselves) “Yes, your passions can serve as the energetic and emotional core of your talk,” I said. From there, your story will be more engaging and compelling, infused with life.
Think about that. If you are in touch with one of your passions before you present, the life and animation that lives in that passion will carry over into your presentation.
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