Gravitas comes from the Latin word ‘gravis’ meaning heaviness or weight.
Gravitas comes from the Latin word ‘gravis’ meaning heaviness or weight.
The ‘wet fish’ – EWWW….We judge someone within the first 7 seconds of meeting them.
I’ve run 100’s of workshops in a lot of different countries, and when I ask “Do you like the sound of your own voice?” at most, one hand goes up, but it’s usually zero.
What does a perfect voice sound like? There is no such thing really, yet so many people aspire to sound like someone else.
If you’re a mumbler and speak fast, and you’re meeting online AND you have your camera off -good luck with holding the attention of the virtual room.
January is always busy for me as I get to work with a lot of CEO’s readying them for filming their New Year messages and, here in Asia, for their Chinese New Year messages.
To have a stronger voice, you need to breathe deeper – it’s really that simple.
In this picture at Kyoto station, I see myself as the cleaner behind me, slowly and methodically clearing the path for your communication success.
In architecture, the cornerstone is traditionally the first stone laid.
The biggest mistake people make when reading from an autocue, delivering a speech from a podium or using any script for a presentation is to use the ‘reading voice’.