Particularly in the media space, you have to be careful to make sure you're not just
speaking to people like you.
Not exact matches
In a personal blog post announcing his plans, Camp
spoke of recent travels
to Kenya, where he connected with
people living without access
to basic services
like clean water, food and electricity.
I hate when
people tell me
to «just be yourself» — but in remote interviews, dialing back the corporate
speak and acting
like yourself makes you more trustworthy.
Other studies by Kross suggest that, when
people use their first names, they're more likely
to see stressful situations (
like public
speaking) as challenging, rather than threatening.
She may look
like a pro now, but Corcoran used
to be «horribly afraid»
to get out in front of
people and
speak.
Speaking to the CIA on Saturday, Trump gave inaccurate figures about the crowd at his inauguration, saying it «looked honestly
like a million and a half
people» and said «it went all the way back
to the Washington Monument.»
Even the more impressive challenges,
like learning
to speak passable Mandarin or coding a rudimentary A.I. system
to operate devices in his home, are the sort a smart
person can expect
to accomplish in a year if he sets aside enough time.
But keep in mind that the
people you're
speaking with will use their brief meetings with you
to try
to guess what it would be
like to have you around for eight hours a day or more.
«We build world - class tech that puts
people back in control of their finances, we
speak to our customers
like humans and we're never afraid
to challenge old thinking in order
to innovate.»
Like the poet, you want the
person you're
speaking with
to feel a connection
to the request you're making.
We all go
to the doctor
to see how our body is functioning and we
speak with retirement professionals
to see what life after work will look
like, so why not give your business that same kind of assessment for your most important asset — your
people?
But a couple days ago I
spoke to approximately 3,000
people and every question could have been summarized
like this:
Because when you're watching a video of someone
speaking (as opposed
to watching, say, a road trip), there's no way
to accelerate the accompanying audio without the
person sounding
like Mickey Mouse.
But it also seems
like a lesson in effective
speaking that business
people would do well
to remember too.
«It was more
like you did it because you found something that
spoke to you and you found
like - minded
people and you were all weirdos, everyone were kind of outcasts.»
«
Like it or not,
people want exposure
to bitcoin,» CBOE CEO Edward Tilly said last week at the same conference where Dimon
spoke.
For example, one
person (who,
like the others I
spoke with, preferred not
to share his name for this article) told me he offered
to help protesters get out their message in English by providing translation services.
You can choose
to associate primarily with fellow expats,
speaking mostly English and easing your way into your new life in Mazatlán aided by
people like you who've already made the move.
Speaking like a robot and repeating a spiel ad infinitum turns
people away, but there's another way
to become a more effective salesperson: focusing on purpose, rather than achieving certain metrics.
If not, gently remind the other
person of the fact that you gave her the stage
to speak her mind first and you'd simply
like the same respect and courtesy now.
In the United States, «It's
like trying
to speak to the phone company» is a line
people use
to describe any hopeless customer service interaction.
Maybe you don't
like to meet new
people or you're really not that fond of kids or you don't
like public
speaking or you don't want
to travel.
Fitzgerald said a challenge in a movie
like Snowden is
to appeal
to the American public, which includes many
people who don't know or care about geek -
speak, while also remaining credible with hacker types.
Having
spoken to countless entrepreneurs on this topic and receiving enormous resistance from most of them, I now begin the conversation with, «we are going
to create a duplicatable formula that will increase sales and enable you
to market
to as many
people as you
like!»
But most
people in the room, French and English alike, soon forgot about politics when Harrison started
speaking about improving railway performance, which he has repeatedly proved he can do
like nobody else in the business, so long as he is allowed
to do things his way.
(Or in nonresearcher
speak, when you think other
people will
like you, you act more naturally and come across as friendlier — which then makes
people like you more since we tend
to like warm, friendly
people.)
CFO's are often challenged with
speaking like a real
person about and
to real
people because their lives revolve around numbers.
To improve your own presentation skills, consider joining a group or organization like Toastmasters, which aims to help people develop public speaking and leadership skill
To improve your own presentation skills, consider joining a group or organization
like Toastmasters, which aims
to help people develop public speaking and leadership skill
to help
people develop public
speaking and leadership skills.
If our
Spokes Models could work events
like the Grammys and the Oscars, taking
people to their seats, checking
people in, and generally making sure they are having an amazing time, while representing a company
like «clairol» or a startup
like ``... com», the company could gain credibility and build consumer confidence.
NewsCred's survey discovered that millennials want
to be
spoken to like the unique
people that they are.
Google security executives were suspicious that outside parties,
like governments, could tap into the cables, but did not have hard evidence that the spying was occurring, according
to three
people briefed on Google's security efforts who
spoke on condition of anonymity.
And when I
speak on this topic in public I
like to remind
people that, «when I raised capital there were no easy ways
to figure out who were the friends of the VC's (let alone who the VC's were in the first place) but in 2009 you have alll the social networking tools: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter or even just plain old Google Search.
I think what I'm getting at is this: Imagine 100
like - minded
people (each with an obvious right
to free speech) band together
to speak on electoral politics.
«In order
to have an internet of value,
people are going
to have
to interact with each other,» Baldet said,
speaking to the need for an ecosystem that includes everyone from enterprises
like her former employer
to accredited investors
to retail investors.
«He knows he has
to do something,» said another
person who has
spoken with Trump about the issue, who said the president seemed open
to stricter gun control but had not decided what it would look
like.
CIC is said
to be impressed with the prestige of the Vision Fund, according
to multiple
people who have
spoken with the sovereign fund recently, and is attracted
to the chance
to tie its brand
to Son much
like the CIC did
to Goldman Sachs.
The growing legal questions around Mr Cohen's services for Mr Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand - jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according
to people familiar with the matter who,
like others,
spoke on the condition of anonymity
to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Or
people simply hang up because they don't
like speaking to a machine.
This is
like sitting at a dinner table of six and deciding you are only going
to speak to the
person to the right of you.
We build world class tech that puts
people back in control of their finances, we
speak to our customers
like humans and we're never afraid
to challenge old thinking in order
to innovate.»
When it was my turn
to speak, I felt
like the last
person standing who would defend value investing, a process I still strongly believed in despite all evidence
to the contrary at that time.
Speaking further, Sahil said, «We are proud
to be backed by
people like Roger Ver (who has single handedly funded the seed rounds for the entire first generation of Bitcoin businesses), Amit Bhardwaj (who is leading the march for Bitcoin Adoption in India), Michael Terpin (he co-founded BitAngels, the first angel network for investments in bitcoin / digital currency companies) and more Bitcoin Pioneers.
The growing legal questions around Cohen's services for Trump come as the lawyer faces a grand jury investigation being led by federal prosecutors in New York City who are exploring bank fraud, wire fraud or campaign finance charges, according
to people familiar with the matter who,
like others,
spoke on the condition of anonymity
to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Speaking tips for people who would like to improve their speaking skills (I am talking to you fellow Toast
Speaking tips for
people who would
like to improve their
speaking skills (I am talking to you fellow Toast
speaking skills (I am talking
to you fellow Toastmasters)
While I respect Rush's right
to speak his mind (without
people like him, we would be
like other totalitarian governments that don't tolerate dissent), I am with the Pope and the church in their efforts
to reach out
to the world.
I can only
speak for myself and say that I am not a violent
person, although I do find you
to be an annoying troll -
like person I certainly do not feel violent towards you and I would consider this conversation anything but convenient.
We need more
people like you
to speak out and give us the facts instead of listening
to those that
speak from the sidelines but not willing
to see the point.
People like you tend
to speak with their p.r.i.c.k.s and care not
to see the Acts of any marriage ring being of sensualism between a man and a woman!
The
people of the US have
spoken and now it's time for
people like Limbaugh
to sit down and shut up.
So, by your reasoning, if «
People put so much importance on words» (implying that they don't matter and we shouldn't take thought of how we use them) then I ought
to be able
to sing along with the lyrics from pac's «hit»em up» with my black friends, curse in a kindergarten class as well as a corporate meeting for my boss... what impression would a client have of my boss if I were cussing in a professional meeting or at a charity event... it doesn't add up, it's a cop - out rebuttal... trying
to find loopholes or applying «human reasoning»
like» ll take a swearing guy who's helpful» doesn't change Jesus or scripture it's just setting up a what - if scenario and trying
to allow that
to in some way justify your stance when again, that doesn't change The Holy Spirit or His heart in those who have been born again... the verses (inspired by His own Spirit)
speak for themselves.