About this lesson
Use your phone to record yourself and get the feedback you need to deliver messages effectively.
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Let's hop right in with a quick win.
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There is a simple high tech solution that will dramatically boost your
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communication skills.
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It's right in front of us, and yet most of us never use it.
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Here's the tool, it's a cell phone.
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But wait a minute, here's the trick.
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If you have to communicate to a prospective boss about a job, or
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a raise, or you're trying to raise money from investors.
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Or you want to ask people for their vote for public office, here's the key.
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Practice what it is you want to communicate on video, look at it,
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figure out what you like, don't like.
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Once you've got a version on video that you like,
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here's the thing that you're not going to have done before.
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I promise you, email that video to a friend or colleague.
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Ideally, someone whose mindset is similar to the person you're trying to
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communicate with.
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And then ask your friend, call them, text them, ask your friend and say,
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not what do you think?
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But what do you remember?
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What messages do you remember?
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If they remember the messages that were important to you,
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now you can relax, you know you are communicating.
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But if they're not getting it, it's not their fault, it's your fault.
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Time to practice again, come up with new messages, a new style for communicating.
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This one technology will really dramatically help you.
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Most people aren't doing it, but now you can.
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