Service Worker Speaking Practice
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A discussion about techniques to warm up and prepare for public speaking or podcast appearances.
Pre-Performance Warm-up Techniques
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Talk to service workers before events
- Chat with receptionists or Uber drivers
- Gets words flowing naturally
- Helps shift into a better mood
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The Pencil Technique (from Conor McGregor)
- Hold pencil horizontally in mouth
- Bite down and talk for 1 minute
- Forces tongue to work harder
- Improves enunciation
- Proven effective through before/after recordings
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Physical State Changes
- Quick exercises (pushups, wind sprints, jumping jacks)
- Playing loud music
- Screaming
- Theory: fastest way to change mental state is through rapid physical change
Tony Robbins' Speaking Framework
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Treat speaking like an athlete
- Don't stay in low energy state
- Proper body posture
- Warm up physically and mentally
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Avoid memorization
- Memorizing creates mental editing
- Pulls you out of the moment
- Focuses on comparing actual vs. planned speech
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Mindset Preparation
- Convince yourself audience needs to hear message
- Believe their lives depend on the information
- Focus on serving the audience
- Create sense of mission and purpose
Sam Parr
Host of MFM and fitness influencer
Sam Parr is a serial entrepreneur and business media pioneer.
In 2016, he founded The Hustle, a business news media company that started in his kitchen with just $12 and grew to eight figures in revenue.
Sam led the charge in making newsletters popular when few believed in their potential.
After four successful years, he sold The Hustle to HubSpot, a publicly traded company. Now operating as HubSpot Media, The Hustle reaches 3 million readers daily, employs a team of nearly 100, and has been the launchpad for dozens of its staff to found their own media companies and newsletters.
Sam remains the host of the popular business podcast, My First Million, and continues to start and sell companies. He also co-founded Hampton, a highly vetted community for entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs, and teaches people to write better through his platform, Copy That.