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Tip for presenters – take small breaks

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Tip for presenters - take small breaks

I see people speaking at conferences. Sometimes, they rush it—the moment they get an opportunity to talk on the microphone, they act on it. There is no break, no space.

Unfortunately, this isn’t an optimal solution. The best solution, in my opinion, is to take a small break. Don’t rush it. Take a small break prior to speaking, just for a tiny moment.

Even if it’s a large, important, event, you should take a break before speaking.

When you go from the back of the scene to the microphone, don’t rush it. Take a small moment of a break.

On the same note, speak a bit slower. Don’t rush it in.

Sure, in your mind, it’s easy to form an image of what you are about to say.

But, for most listeners, it’s important to be able to follow you. If you speak too quickly, you might be doing a poor thing.

OK, if you’re taking an exam in foreign languages, speaking quickly might prove that you know the language well.

Also, after making an important assertion, take a small pause.

But for the fun of it, take a break, take some breaks.

If you want to see a speaker doing this very well, consider watching a video with Jim Bagnola. (who is Jim, for me?)

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Aiming for #2

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Nick Kenrick - We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope... Martin Luther King, Jr.

In a famous book, „Positioning” by Al Ries, Jack Trout (Book Summary), which I read a long time ago, it is written something in the lines of: „Try to be first. If you can’t be the first, be the contender, but don’t fight the «big guy» on its direct field”.

For example, Pepsi positions itself not for Christmas & family, but for a new, trendy generation.

When I go to an event to film/photograph people, most of the other entities (people, companies) covering the event focus on the highlights of the event – the speakers, mainly. I can’t compete with them (they have a much larger audience than me), so I focus also on the audience. Another way to position myself is that if a big media brand tries to cover the main points, I position myself in a way that I cover the whole event in video, even if it’s less exciting to watch from the viewer’s perspective. If someone records a conference, I also record the Q&A session.

On the topic: What is Blue Ocean Strategy | About Blue Ocean Strategy.

Sometimes, it’s best not to be the best.

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Absurd serendipity

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Andrea Varga - Ice circles

Let’s say someone upsets you. Then, you, being upset, you treat someone harshly.

The logical conclusion? You did a bad act, as a reaction, follow-up, or consequence, of a bad act.

I think things are much more complicated than this. Yes, after losing something you likely feel bad, after you succeed in something, you feel good.

But ups & downs are much more complicated than this.

It’s an illusion – the idea that you can constantly feel good, only ups, only happiness, and when someone does you wrong, that person is automatically to blame.

Life is much more complex than this.

If you were to move to an isolated island, with a beach, plenty of food, and all the basic necessities, you might feel fine for a while, but after a while, the Paradise you’re in might make you feel sad.

With all the basic necessities covered, you’ll likely feel poorly on a beach.

I’m not saying you should be a masochist and try to bring pain and difficulties into your life.

But living from pleasure to pleasure will also not bring you happiness in the long run.

If you are behaving poorly, there might be many more reasons than someone doing something bad to you. It’s not that simple.

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Teritory contest

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Nomadland (2020) - IMDb

There’s a game called Heroes of Might and Magic® 3: Complete on GOG.com.

Some good resources for it:

In H3, a good strategy could be to cover as much of the map as possible – visit things, travel, see the world.

Real life – business.

As far as I can tell, Rand Fishkin likes investing in Serendipity – for example, going to conferences and events as a way of meeting new people. This might lead to business opportunities, but it’s not a straightforward path.

So, in games – travel a lot (OK, you need to also win some battles). In business – travel a lot (OK, go to conferences and meet people).

Teritory contest.

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Binili învingi

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Prem Rose - Jayantii Laughing

(„the good always triumphs” was a motto/line from Radio Guerrilla)

I have friends who prefer to see movies with happy endings.

I don’t quite get this.

I prefer not to know how a movie ends, to see some suspense.

Also, comedies tend to be quite boring.

It’s not easy to make good humor, and most movies have silly lines when talking about humor.

When I go see a play, I prefer it not to be a comedy.

Comedies tend to have low-quality humor and a predictable outcome.

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First month we pay less

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Mike O'Sullivan - Money

Sometimes, people say, „we’ll pay you less money in the first month. And then – then we’ll see.”.

There’s a joke like this: „- We’re going to visit the ophthalmologist today at 2 PM. – And then? – And then, we’ll see.”

But sometimes, the first month is the hardest, not the easiest.

Also, people generally quit something to get a new job.

Some CEOs receive starting bonuses just to get a job.

There are no right or wrong recipes; things must adjust to a situation.

Yet, I thinking paying a smaller salary for the first month might be wrong.

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The use of stress

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Kanaka Rastamon - Alex O'Loughlin

You can think about the present without being stressed.

Being “stressful” isn’t helpful to me.

I think the present determines the future – If I’m happy now, I can rewrite my future.

I can rewrite the way I perceive things, even if I can’t influence the things themselves.

“It is what we make out of what we have, not what we are given, that separates one person from another.” ― Nelson Mandela

 

“What is important is not what happens to us, but how we respond to what happens to us.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre

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