Where To Look When You Speak
When you are giving a presentation or speech, your body language and how you hold yourself in front of a crowd speaks to them as much as your words do. And part of not begin nervous in front of people when you are doing public speaking is not “acting” nervous. If you have complete control over your body, your face and your hands, you can perform relaxation in front of people and you will actually accept the idea that you are relaxed and begin to feel more at ease as you do your speech.
One problem that you often see in public speakers who is the use of the eyes. It’s extremely easy as a public speaker to want to look at your outline or your written out speech throughout your presentation so you never get lost or have that terrifying feeling of not knowing what you are going to say next. That is why many people who do not become skilled at talking in front of crowds write out their speeches word for word and just read it to the group.
Why Knowing Body Language Is Important
Some people are aggravating with their comments about your body language. It seems that they only use these observations to make you feel uncomfortable or inferior. These people make knowing body language seem like an obnoxious habit. However, there are some very important reasons why it is good to know about body language.
One reason to know body language is to evaluate situations. For one thing, it’s good to know when you are being lied to. Sometimes the person wants to avoid telling you an unpleasant truth. At these times, you may find it necessary to get to the bottom of things. It would be a good time to know body language to determine if the person is being honest.
At other times, the lie poses some sort of threat to you. When this happens, you need to sort out fact from fiction so you will know how to protect yourself. Body language will help you to do this.
In any kind of business, it is necessary to size up the competition. It is also essential to know the attitude of your customer. Usually these people won’t tell you what’s on their minds. The rival will hide this to dominate you, while the customer might not really know his/her own mind.
Manifest Abilities To Manage Time
We must manifest the ability to manage our time according to our goals. If we are spending hours watching television or chatting with friends online or not, we are not investing our valuable time in manifesting the abilities to reach our goals and manage our time. Rather, we are wasting what can never be returned to us. Once time is gone, there is no turning back. Friends, family, self, school, work, activities, and entertainment, as well as other tasks, duties, chores, fun time, et cetera play a role in managing time. The trick is to find a solution to do all the things you want to do without wasting too much time doing it. I will lay out a chart in this article that may help manifest the ability to manage your time wisely while you reach your goals and enjoy life while you are doing it.
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Family: How much time does your family require of you to spend time with them? Does your family understand your needs, goals, and plans? Do you regularly communicate by sitting at the dinner table and discussing with your family what you intend to achieve each day to reach a targeted goal that benefits everyone? Do you include your family in the goals you set for yourself?
Determine What You're Worth
Have you ever felt taken advantage of? Of course you have…we all have at some point. What happened when you felt that way? Did you sulk and kick yourself for allowing yourself to be taken advantage of? Or did you learn something from that experience?
People allow themselves to be taken advantage of simply because they don’t know what they are worth. A poor sense of self-worth inevitably leads to you being taken advantage of because you don’t know how to say no.
YOUR TIME IS VALUABLE
The first step to determining what you’re worth is to decide that your time is valuable. Whether you work a full-time job, or you are a stay at home mom, your time is just as valuable as the next person’s.
Place a dollar value on your time. How much would you say you’re worth per hour? When you can place this kidn of value on yourself, it will not be quite so easy to try to take on the whole world by yourself.
YOUR THOUGHTS ARE POWERFUL