This week asks some difficult questions about difficult questions. Christine offers you some answers that will prepare you for that gut-tightening moment during a presentation when you feel you are being challenged, perhaps attacked and maybe even put off your stride.
CHRISTINE REVEALS
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“Somebody’s fired a question at you, you weren’t ready for it, it interrupted you in the middle of speaking, you’re just completely and utterly put out. “How dare they!”. Well what was the reason they might have asked?”
“In comparison to needing clarification, a person may ask deeper, more pointed questions because they want to gain more understanding and explore more deeply the topic that is being discussed.”
“Before the presentation, with a fixed mindset, we might say to ourselves “Am I able to do this? I don’t have the same level of expertise.” Whereas with a growth mindset, we might say “I’m not sure I can do this, but I’m going to do it and I can’t learn if I don’t try.”’
“Different people hear, see, perceive the world in different ways. Different brains have different capacities to hear, perceive and see the world.”
“The most important part of presentation preparation is speaking to your audience’s objective, not to yours.”
“In many cultures, pausing indicates a lack of knowledge. Speakers often fear being judged negatively for pausing, but pausing confidently creates authority.”
“When we stop forcing the brain to think about a thing we reduce the pressure on the brain and Bop! We remember.”
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