How To Be Interesting

How do I look?
The first point of interest is not necessarily how tall, short, wide, narrow
or physically attractive we are but the signals our physicality sends out.
Apparently, posture and gesture account for around 50% of the messages
we communicate

Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, said “Your brand is what people say
about you when you are not in the room”.

According to what we’ve been discussing, the solution
is to spend time building up the four sources of confidence. Looking at
each, we could start with a few simple steps using the four sources of
self-efficacy:
(Source 1) Remind ourselves of what we’ve achieved, regularly.
(Source 2) Model ourselves on those we admire – what are they doing
well that we can emulate?
(Source 3) Get into the habit of seeking feedback from others – if it’s

When creating a presentation it might be a good idea to decide what
kind of story it is – for instance, in the world of finance at the moment
there are probably a lot of horror stories around! Losing a client –
keeping in touch – getting the client back is definitely a love story with a
happy ending! There are many

presentation is all about the story and how well we tell it. When
we heard the words “once upon a time” as children we knew that
we were off on an adventure – we were interested. The problem with
growing up is that we somehow feel that it is not cool to make business
presentations stories.
“No. This is a serious presentation where I am presenting hard facts with
home truths so you’d all better sit up and listen!”

“After having dinner with Mr Gladstone I felt that he was the most
intelligent man in the country. After having dinner with Mr Disraeli I
felt that I was the most intelligent woman in the country.”
Showing interest in people makes them feel good about themselves.

“To acquire knowledge one must study: but to
acquire wisdom one must observe.”
Marilyn vos Savant
Columnist who was given the Guinness World Record for
Highest IQ (Women) in 1985 with an IQ score of 190.