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David Gillespie,Mark Warren

How To Be Interesting

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  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    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
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, said “Your brand is what people say
    about you when you are not in the room”.
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    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
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    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
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    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!”
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    “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.
  • b0076743958has quoted6 years ago
    “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.
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