Xqisit Quote for Wednesday 29/10/08
Your Xqisit Inspirational Quote
Wednesday 29th October, 2008
Creating a feeling of value & self-worth !
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“Success comes to those who persist.”
~ Gerald Alexander
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A Sense Of Direction
Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
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Dear Fellow Achiever
Emotional intelligence includes self-awareness, emotional control, persistence, and the ability to motivate oneself. It also includes an awareness of one’s surroundings, empathy, and social deftness. Much of the power of EQ comes from self-awareness and the ability to control emotions (or at least the behavioural outcome of emotions). People who are self-aware have a greater probability of dealing with their emotions. If we know we are angry, at least we can decide whether to deal with it or whether to let it show to others. If we aren’t aware of the emotion, it is more likely to go unchecked.
Awareness is a key ingredient in responsibility. To act responsibly, a person must first be aware of their situation and feelings and then exercise their power to control the response.
Self-control is a critical leadership skill. Leaders are generally able to plan and work at a task over a longer time span than those they lead. They have the ability to envision a distant end result or goal, and their commitment to that goal enables them to do what it takes to reach it.
In our October 2008 course ‘A Sense Of Direction‘ students will be given a specific exercise to discover ‘why’ they act and behave the way they do to given situations in their daily life. Are you emotionally intelligent to the way you behave? Do you feel responsible for the image in the mirror? To get more information on upcoming events or to have a presentation held at your place of business.
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10 Tips To Power Up Your Presentation Skills
Presenting in front of an audience is not everyone’s cup of tea but with the correct advice, guidelines and practice it can be enjoyable for both the presenter and the audience. Preparation is everything and it is essential that you know your subject matter. The more prepared you are, the more confident you will feel which makes for a better presentation.
Follow these simple tips and your presentations will be fun, interesting and rewarding for both you and your audience.
- Keep your PowerPoint visual – Keep them clean, not too wordy and relative to the presentation. They should just be a visual representation of the subject. The audience isn’t there to read your slides; they are there to listen to you present.
- Engage with the audience - Make eye contact with everyone throughout the room. If you don’t do this then you aren’t engaging the audience, you are just talking to yourself. Each person should feel like you are speaking to them personally.
- Deliver with a passion – It’s amazing how catchy enthusiasm is. If your voice is expressive and your gestures animated, you will appear confident and passionate.
- Make them laugh – Have some fun! Although you want to educate your audience, you need to make them laugh too. In essence, it keeps the audience alert and they’ll learn more from you than someone who just educates.
- Ask questions – People hate it when they get talked at, so don’t do it. You need to interact with your audience and create a conversation. The easiest way to do this is to ask them questions as well as letting them ask you questions.
- Be human –Simply be truthful to your audience. Telling the truth and being human will earn you respect and people will trust you for your honesty. Putting yourself on a pedestal and being super-human can work against you. So tell them how it is.
- Don’t over prepare – Of course, you need to be prepared enough to know what you are going to talk about but just enough to make sure your presentation flows naturally and not sound memorized. Experienced speakers will tell you not to rehearse your presentation too much because then it won’t sound natural.
- Show some movement – Keep yourself moving. People will stay engaged if you are animated. If you have a large audience or big stage make sure you spend an equal amount of time in front of all of your audience. Being animated also helps display a sense of passion too.
- Watch what you say - You may not notice when you say words like “uhm” or “ah”, but the audience does. If you use them a lot when presenting it can get quite irritating; so much that some members of the audience will probably count how many times you say these useless words and tell you!
- Don’t read directly from your notes – One of the most common mistakes made by first time speakers is to stand up and read directly from notes. If a speaker is looking down at a page of notes it does not allow them to engage eye contact with the audience to hold their interest. As alternative, bullet point key messages that you wish to get across on cue cards to keep you on track and it won’t sound so scripted.
To Your Success!
P.S. Be honest with yourself as you look yourself in the eye – Do you have any reason to improve the quality of your life? Are you living your life on purpose or are you just here on this planet for something to do?
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