Pratica di Shadowing: How to Be Disgustingly Articulate And Well Spoken - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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How do you articulate your thoughts clearly without overthinking every single word?
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You know that moment when you're talking halfway through your sentence and you don't even know what point you're trying to make?
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Hi, my name's Vin.
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I've coached millions of people to improve their communication
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and the three frameworks I'm going to share with you in this video will help you sound well-spoken
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and more articulate in professional and personal conversations.
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And I'll break it into the three most common scenarios that play out for most people.
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The first is when you do know your stuff, but you can't explain it simply.
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The second is when you don't know much about what's being discussed, but you don't want to come across completely clueless.
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And the third, which is the most common scenario, especially at work, is when you actually do know the answer, but the pressure of being in front of your peers
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and your leaders causes your brain to scramble and then you go blank.
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I used to think, oh, articulation?
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That's a speaking problem.
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Well, it's not.
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Messy words come from messy thinking.
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So the real skill isn't just learning how to talk better, it's learning how to think more clearly.
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And when you're put on the spot, frameworks will help you think more clearly so that you can sound more well-spoken and articulate.
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So let's start with scenario one, which is when you're actually knowledgeable on the topic but you can't articulate well.
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When I run my communication classes and workshops, a large portion of my students fall into this specific category.
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They're engineers, doctors and lawyers, they're highly knowledgeable individuals But when I ask them the reason why they joined my class, the number one reason I hear is Finn,
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I struggle to explain my ideas clearly You've probably been in
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this scenario as well You're trying to explain the topic you know well, but you overcomplicate it You go in circles
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and you can slowly start to see the other person look more and more confused And the worst part is, you leave the conversation thinking Maybe,
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maybe I don't understand my topic as well as I thought I did But here's what's actually going on.
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You know your topic well because you've studied it a lot, but you can't explain it to someone well because you haven't explained it a lot.
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That's all that it is.
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Learning and explaining are two completely separate skills.
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You've done thousands of hours of one and almost none of the other.
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That's why the world is full of wonderful experts who actually can't teach.
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They struggle to pass on their knowledge to others without boring them or losing them.
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So before I share with you the framework, the key point I I want you to take away here is that the best teachers,
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the best explainers, they have mastered the art of distillation.
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They're able to distill the complex and make it simple for you to understand.
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In other words, they've learned to take their messy thoughts and deliver it in a clear and concise and coherent way.
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So when I want to learn how to explain anything better, here's the framework work that I use.
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It's a simple four-step loop.
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The first part of it is capture.
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After that you've got structure, then after that you've got practice,
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and then finally you've got iterate, and then it's back to capture all over again, therefore being a loop.
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Let's start with capture number one, which is what?
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It's writing.
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And I know the second I say writing half of you are checking out now, but stick with me here because this is what helps you think about something more clearly.
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When a thought is in your head, it's floating around, it's jumbled, it's disjointed, and it's all over the place.
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And it's almost impossible to shape something you can't see.
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But the moment you write it on paper or you type it into a document, you're forced to turn the feelings into words.
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And now the thought is sitting there right in front of you where you can actually look at it.
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The art of writing is the art of making your thoughts visible.
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And to give you a real example, every single week I share a newsletter to my email subscribers called The Weekly V.
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We've actually got two million readers and we get a 50% open rate week to week and that's just crazy.
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But the reason this happens and the reason why I do it is
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because it forces me to capture my thoughts
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and then write about my experiences in a way that becomes helpful to our readers.
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So here are the two steps to get your thoughts into writing.
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The first one is just ask yourself what's the one thing I want to get better at explaining
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and then once you've got that topic the second thing is well write down how you currently explain it.
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Write it out exactly as you would explain it
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and at first your writing and explaining might not be in the optimal order
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but that's what the next step is for
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structure
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because once you get all of your thoughts about a specific
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topic down on paper you can now see the pieces
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and go oh i shouldn't say
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that first i should have said this first actually they need
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to understand this before any of that's going to make sense
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you can only put the puzzle together once you can see the puzzle pieces so now
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that you've written out how you currently explain the specific topic
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look at the puzzle pieces doesn't make sense is it too
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long is it easy to understand is it too much jargon is there an analogy a metaphor or simile
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that you can use to simplify it give yourself permission here to play add some new pieces reorder the pieces
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so it'll be engaging enough and simple enough that even a teenager could understand then the next step is what separates
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great thinkers from great speakers
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because without practice without you saying it out loud all of
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your brilliance your knowledge your ideas it just stays on the page
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so here's what i want you to do turn on your camera it could be your phone just hit record
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and start talking through the idea with the new structure
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that you've written down
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and as you practice this out loud you'll get a sense
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of what it feels like in your mouth quite literally
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and as you do that you'll be able to identify where things flow where they don't
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when i'm scripting and writing these youtube videos for example the moment i sit down
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and practice saying it out loud i can immediately pick up the parts
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that don't logically flow well
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and the more you do this the better you'll get at simplification
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because that's what great communicators do and the final step here is iterate
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and what i mean by this is you now have to listen back to the video you just recorded
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and ask yourself was it clear was it concise was it coherent identify where the explanation gets too complex
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or messy and then you go back to capture
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and you start the whole loop again this might mean making it shorter changing some of the pieces restructuring again
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and sometimes it means throwing out the whole damn thing
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and chucking it in the bin starting from scratch this is the work required
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if you want to be an influential communicator this is the practice required
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That's how you stop being the expert that nobody understands and you start becoming the expert that everybody understands.
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And by the way
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if you want to learn more frameworks to improve your ability to articulate well especially
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when you're put on the spot make sure you click the link in the description
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or you can scan the QR code that's on screen for
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my free two-hour training where I'm going to teach you three powerful communication frameworks to filter your thinking through
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so that it helps you come across more well-spoken.
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So check it out it's completely free.
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Now the next scenario is the complete opposite.
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This is where you're in a conversation and then the topic changes to one you don't know much about.
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What should you do in this scenario?
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Should you pretend you know and then fake it?
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Or should you just say, I don't know?
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These are two great questions.
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Let me tell you what I do.
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Number one, I name what I know.
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Number two, I name what I'm still working out.
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And then number three, I ask a question that moves the conversation forward.
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Let me show you what that sounds like.
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So what do you think about all this AI stuff?
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Do you think it's going to take over everyone's jobs?
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What I know is that AI has gotten scary good at the narrow and repetitive stuff.
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The tasks that follow really clear rules and the part that I'm still trying to work out myself is where's the limit?
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Because every time I try to get it to do something difficult, it often fails.
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And can I ask what's your take?
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Do you see it as a tool that replaces just tasks
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or do you think it's gradually going to replace people in their roles?
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Maybe it's going to replace That's your role, Peter.
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No, no, no, don't get me wrong.
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I'm not going to fire Peter and replace him with AI.
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Why?
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Well, because can AI warm my seat for me every morning before I get in?
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Can AI make me my coffee exactly how I want it at 8am on the dot
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when I arrive in the office and place it in my hand the moment I snap my fingers?
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Didn't snap my fingers, Pete.
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Mate, that was premature.
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Did you catch what happened in the skit though?
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Even though someone asked me to speak on a topic that I didn't know much about, I was still able to come across articulate, thoughtful and competent by following the framework I shared right here.
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Now here's an unexpected thing you can do that will increase your relatability, likability and even respect.
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This is for when you get asked the question and you don't know the answer.
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In these moments, contrary to popular belief, it's actually okay to say I don't know.
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One caveat here though, you must have previous to this question already have demonstrated value and credibility.
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If these things have already been established and you say the words I don't know, it humanizes you.
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I've done this before in my workshops.
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I don't know the answer to that
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and I believe it's very important for me to clearly state that when I don't know.
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So again, I'm not qualified to answer that.
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That's actually a good answer.
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Oh, okay.
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I thought it was shit.
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I used to believe that saying I don't know would make people respect me less
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but like you saw in the video because I've already added value that morning
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when I said the words I don't know in a situation where I actually didn't know people respected me more
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and there's another benefit it takes an enormous amount of pressure off you
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when you know you can say I don't know
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because most people walk into a client meeting a presentation
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or a conversation with their boss believing they need to have an answer for everything but
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when you give yourself permission to say I don't know you're
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no longer try to beat chat gpt you can slow down acknowledge what you do know
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and because of this framework here you can now explain it clearly
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which increases credibility so that
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when there's something you don't know saying i don't know doesn't
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ruin your reputation in actual reality it increases the trust
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and respect that people have for you because they know when you don't know you're not going to outright lie to them.
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And now for the final scenario, one where we are all too familiar with.
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This is when you know your stuff, but when someone asks you a question, the pressure of being in the spotlight and needing to answer in the moment causes you to go completely blank.
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And this has happened to me more than most people on the biggest stages around the world, so I feel qualified to give you some real advice here.
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It's like when you accidentally open all the browser tabs in one click, causing your browser to lag.
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Same thing with your brain when someone asks you a question and all of your thoughts fire at once.
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Damn it Peter, that wasn't a coffee click.
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You've got to hear the difference.
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Learn to hear the difference.
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That's a coffee click.
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That's a click for emphasis.
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Come on mate, get it together.
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Now as I was saying, all your thoughts just fire at once
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and then as a result your brain can't decide which one to grab and where to start.
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And from the outside, it makes you look incompetent if you freeze for too long.
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So then as a result you feel the pressure to speak
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and then you start speaking your thoughts out loud causing you to go in circles and ramble.
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This is the framework you need to remember in those moments and it's called POP.
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P-O-P.
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And the first one stands for pause.
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I know how counterintuitive this feels because again you feel like you should respond immediately.
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Wrong click Peter.
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But you feel like you should respond immediately to show how knowledgeable you are.
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But that doesn't work.
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What you need is to take a couple of seconds to think about your response before giving it.
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And you'll be surprised how giving yourself an extra moment
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or two to think actually helps you get more clarity on your thoughts.
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And you might think this is weird, but trust me, it's only weird if you make it weird.
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Watch this example of me at one of my workshops where someone's asking me a question.
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I want you to count how many seconds I paused for while I was thinking.
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Are there any stories you have yet to share with us
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that you would really like to share that would kind of nurture a part of your heart?
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Gosh.
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Now, did I come across awkward?
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Did I come across like I was panicking and freaking out and freezing?
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Or did I come across as if I was someone who was putting a lot of thought into their response?
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That's the power of the pause when you do it confidently.
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And you know what?
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Even though I took that long to pause, guess what happened after that?
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Have a look at this.
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Would you all mind having a chat amongst yourselves for just a couple of minutes
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while I really sit and think with this?
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Is that okay?
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Okay, I'll just sit and have a think.
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No kidding.
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Yes, that's right.
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I asked for more time because I have confidence that if you give me an extra two minutes, I'm going to be able to give you an incredible amount of value in my response.
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Now, the next part of the framework is O.
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And what does O stand for?
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It stands for one thought.
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Begin your response with the sentence, the one thought that comes to mind is.
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What this does for you is that it forces your brain to focus just on one point to share
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instead of trying to share every single point that comes to mind.
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And by doing this, it allows you to respond faster because of the focus and not get stuck in analysis paralysis.
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This is what causes people to freeze and worse, ramble, oh, it's the worst.
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And what this does for the listener is it tells them you've actually got a lot of thoughts on this, but you're deliberately selecting one to share.
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And the final P is proof.
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Once you've shared your thought, you now back up that thought with an example.
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It could be a story, a result, an observation, a statistic.
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This helps solidify and add more credibility to the thought that you just shared.
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Now, let me give you an example.
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Vin, I'm curious, what are some clever ways for us to get our YouTube subscribers to hit subscribe?
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Any ideas?
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Hmm You know what?
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The one thought that comes to mind is
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that we can create a skit where we passively speak to
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the audience about the importance of why they should subscribe Let me give you an example
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because when we do it directly to the camera people tend to resist
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because they don't want to be told what to do
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That's why we should indirectly through a skit speak to their subconscious to get them to subscribe I mean it's subtle, it's clever, it's completely invisible.
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They're not gonna notice it.
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Yeah, you mean you mean just like this right?
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No, you idiot.
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That's way too obvious.
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You know what to do.
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You see POP POP is one of the many frameworks that exists to help you articulate your thoughts more clearly.
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So if you want to learn more of my favorite communication frameworks, make sure you check out the free training I mentioned earlier in the video.
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It's in the description and the QR code is here.
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It's going to help you create more structure and clarity every time you speak.
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So here's my challenge to you this week.
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Pick a topic you know a lot about and take it through the first framework.
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Capture it, write it down, everything that comes to mind.
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Then when your thoughts are visible, restructure it, remix it, add stuff, mix it all around.
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Most people stop there.
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But without the next step of practice and reading your thoughts out loud, you'll never be able to explain anything simply and articulately.
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And finally, iterate.
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That's how you start practicing the habit of thinking and speaking clearly.
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You can't do one without the other.
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And I want to leave you with this message.
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If you can't communicate clearly right now, and if you don't see yourself as a great communicator right now, I want you to remember how you currently communicate is just a series of behaviors
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that you can improve over time by practicing the things you learned in this video.
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You're not stuck with the way you communicate.
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So don't be so attached to who you are in the present
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that you don't give the future version of you a chance chance.
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I'll see you in the next video.

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