Being a great communicator (verbal and written) will allow you to: 1. Express your ideas to many people 2. Market yourself and your business 3. Attract people to build an audience As I'm interviewing for new career opportunities, I'm realizing that having strong communication skills can determine your perceived seniority and value you can provide an employer based on how well you can articulate your unique and competitive advantages. What I'm doing to practice my communication skills are TWO weekly challenges: 1. Record and publish a mini-TED TALK to practice presenting speeches 2. Write and publish one blog post to share my POV and expertise on industry topics Why I believe this will help me improve my skills? Practicing hard will make it easy to perform on game day. Chop wood & carry water. When you fall in love with the process, your outcome is bound to happen. Don't chase it success. Enjoy the process and you'll become the person you want and need to be!

Thank you @Preston Chin for launching the course! I've been waiting for this day! Here's my video explaining why I signed up for the masterclass. Being able to be a confident, compelling, and concise impromptu speaker will unlock doors for me in my personal and professional life. I want to be the best I can be and I'm committed to putting in the work to be great...are you? If so, share your video recording below on why you joined the masterclass and let's support each other on our journey to becoming the best version of ourselves! #StriveForGreatness

My Q2 (April - June + 11 day) challenge is to share weekly post documenting my progress as I level up in all areas of my life as I reach the age of 30 in July. Sharing my weekly progress will also help me hone my public speaking skills as my goal is to be a confident, concise, and compelling off the cuff public speaker that can evoke emotion and inspire others to take action. I'll ask myself introspective questions across these categories as I practice different public speaking frameworks, mainly (PREP) - Personal - Professional - Financial - Spiritual - Physical I'm open to any and all feedback. Looking forward to it!

If you want to improve your speaking skills, then: 1) watch this short video 2) record yourself, and 3) upload your recording as a comment to this post for people to give you feedback! REMEMBER: if you want feedback, give feedback to one other person and ask for them to give you feedback in return. ALSO, I’d recommend recording yourself with Loom (the free plan HERE) and sharing Loom links. It’s easy to use and automatically transcribes your audio. It’s also much better than uploading video files in comments.

Made To Stick By Chip Heath — great book about how to tell stories that stick with people in the long run. Talk Like TED by Carmine Gallo — 9 public speaking tips that the best TED talkers have implemented. Captivate by Vanessa Van Edwards — the science behind connecting with people (great for networking). What are your favorites? Comment below!