September 6th, 2010
Think It Through using Outcome Thinking®
There are two answers to Friday’s riddle- you can throw a tissue or a wave off a building and they won’t break but both break in the ocean.
Did you come up with two answers? Interesting thing with our brain is that it likes to hit on one solution and then stop. That is why many great ideas never reach fruition.
If you do brainstorming or planning in your office, this desire to have “the” solution stops your team from getting to the best solution possible. Literally most groups start to argue out the validity of some one’s idea rather than capturing all the ideas. So if you do brainstorming or strategic planning make sure to capture all the ideas first and then get people to move to the HOW. At that time you will find out often combine 2-3 ideas in a completely different format to reach the best solution. So rarely do I find the idea pitched is the one the group runs with. Instead it is a hybrid of multiple ideas.
Here is your riddle for the day:
I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I’ll make it lighter. What am I?
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September 3rd, 2010
Your posture should convey confidence, poise, and credibility. In order to do this your shoulders should be slightly back, your weight should be evenly distributed between your feet, your legs should be no further apart than your shoulder width, and your hands should be either at your side, at your waist, or one hand at your waist one at your side.
Make sure your shoulders are not stiff and square, don’t turtle your head forward, don’t stare or blink excessively, and do not lean on the podium.
Record yourself presenting so you can see if your body language conveys poise and confidence by looking relaxed yet powerful.
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September 3rd, 2010
Think It Through using Outcome Thinking®
Congratulations to Betsy who was the first person to get this right. Most of you email 30 as the answer. Well the correct answer is 28 days. If the snail averages 1 foot a day on the 27th day he reaches 27 feet. On the 28th day he crawls up 3 feet during the day so he reaches the 30 feet gets out and no longer slips back the 2 feet.
Have you ever felt that what you are doing is moving at a snails pace? Too often I see people slip back, become frustrated and cop out when really all they had to do was persist and break through.
Because it is so hard for each of us to get an aerial view on our life and how we are stuck, I recommend you find a good friend that you are willing to be completely vulnerable. It is this person’s job to point out what is holding you back from reaching your goals.
Now in order to do this correctly there are a couple of things to keep in mind:
1) this person should be able to see a clearer view of where you are at then you can. This means they should be at a slightly higher developed level so you trust their insight and wisdom.
2) Accept the insights. If you fight it or defend why you do what you do, this person will become frustrated and stop assisting you.
3) Probe to find out what behavior they are seeing that supports their insight. Then your job is to think back and figure out “why” you are doing it. What are your thoughts that are keeping you stuck?
Here is your riddle for tomorrow:
Throw it off the highest building, and I will not break. Put me in the ocean and I will. What am I?
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September 2nd, 2010
Presentation Skills
If you are doing a solo presentation, the easiest way to carry a theme through a presentation is to decide what the presentation is going to be about and then go back and figure out what theme fist the goal you are trying to reach.
Once you have figured that out, take that theme, look at each of your main points and see how you can wordsmith them to tie in better to your theme.
For instance, let’s say the convention theme is “Light Their Fire” and your presentation is on sales. You might say your theme title is, “Lighting up your sales force.” Your first main point might be, “How do you start a fire without any matches?” Your second main point may be, “How to keep the fire burning?” Your third point might be, “What to do when all you get is smoke?”
Try not to be too cute with themes, for you will lose some credibility with an analytical audience.
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September 2nd, 2010
What Can Turn Your Audience Off?”
I want you all to sit back, close your eyes and imagine…”
Have you ever had a speaker ask you to do that? I love looking around to see how many people are “peeking” or just looking at their laps.
When you ask the audience to shut their eyes you are asking them to have an extreme amount of trust in you. You better be sure you have earned that trust or you will really put people off.
The other day I ordered a sandwich on French bread. The sandwich man took out the bread, started to cut it and then tossed it out. He looked at me and said, “If I wouldn’t eat it I don’t serve it. The bread is too hard. Would you like to make another choice?” I loved it!
He built trust by being straightforward; he didn’t bash his company and he gave me an option.
Whatever you ask your audience to do make sure you would be willing to do it if you were a shy person or a skeptical person. Those are your two toughest audiences. Build trust with your audience by being vulnerable yourself.
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