Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Do not bombard your new acquaintances with marketing material, if you have just met them. Discussion/Reflection When do you think that it is acceptable to begin to send marketing materials to your new acquaintaces? Is…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Carefully place rhetorical questions into your speech, if you want the audience to mentally chime into what you are saying. Discussion/Reflection Can you recall the most provocative speech that you have ever heard? What grabbed your attention? Do you feel better giving…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: To grab your audience’s attention and to remove your fears, ask them to do something peculiar before you speak, such as “boo you” for a few seconds, prior to your speech or talk. Discussion/Reflection What emotions are you filtering through, as you listen to a speaker that does not captivate you? Is it…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Do not confuse specificity with an abundance of unrelated information. Answer questions without leaving a pathway to confusion. Discussion/Reflection What comes to your mind when you hear that a person is, “straight to the point?” Do you hinder…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Study etymology, so that you become more skilled in the origin of the vocabulary that you use. Discussion/Reflection Do you have more confidence in speakers who are fond of historical data? Is a statement always true if a person inserts dates,…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Create a list of topics, place them in a jar, and practice impromptu speeches with your peers, to develop the skill…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Seek to understand, before being understood. Discussion/Reflection Do you believe that your decisions can hinder or advance the progress of others,…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Take pauses, during conversations before responding to your peers. It allows them to know that you are carefully listening to their…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Be organic and transparent in your speech. Discussion/Reflection Do you believe that it is your duty to correct someone every time…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Never pretend to understand a thing that you do not understand. Ask for clarity. Discussion/Reflection What are the benefits of being…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Seek to understand opposing viewpoints, before you counter them. Discussion/Reflection Are you able to identify how you have evolved professionally over…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Seek to be specific, but concise when communicating. Less can equal more. Discussion/Reflection Do you create the impression that following you…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Begin to memorize noteworthy quotes, and insert them into your conversations. Discussion/Reflection What is your responsibility in the relationship that you…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Study the speech habits of your favorite speakers. Discussion/Reflection How could a mentor aid you in developing your communication skills? What…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Develop the habit of asking open-ended questions. Discussion/Reflection Are there any areas, where you are constantly needing a push, in order…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Seek to agree more than you seek to disagree in conversations. Discussion/Reflection Do you tend to accomplish your goals? Do you…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Let 70 to 80 percent of your conversations, be dominated by you listening, rather than speaking Discussion/Reflection What causes low confidence…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Let your speech be seasoned with professionalism, and with the absence of profanity. Discussion/Reflection Would you say that your speech tends…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Leave a voicemail, whenever you make a business call, even if there is no voicemail system set up. Discussion/Reflection Is it…
Reflection to Perfection: Success Tip: Make a it a habit to note or highlight new vocabulary words that you come across, while reading or in conversation.…
