How to Own the Room

99 per cent of speaking is how you feel about yourself and whether you’re comfortable getting up in public to show people who you are

Get used to silencing a room and having everyone turn to look at you.

93 per cent of communication is non-verbal. Only 7 per cent is based on the content of our speech. Of the non-verbal communication, 55 per cent was body language, 38 per cent tone of voice.

The more we can master the ‘fun’ part (how we come across), the more likely people are to focus on the ‘boring’ part (our message).

we human beings are visual creatures and we love ‘reading’ others (fun and low effort) much more than concentrating on the words they’re speaking (boring and hard work