This Moved Me

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Wed, 28 March 2018

166: John Bucher - On Telling Your Story With Passion

John Bucher – a very difficult to define man of many talents (and he likes it that way) – spoke at the STORY Gathering in 2017, where I saw him share his passionate voice about story and myth. What was so great about that whole thing was that even BEFORE I saw him speak, he had volunteered to be my guinea pig speaker at my live coaching workshop.

I mean… who does that? Believe me – that's a rare thing, to vulnerably walk into that space with a coach you've just met. Well, movers, that act connected me and John for life!

What l learned about John from there is that that's just who he is: an uber-smart academic who digs into the biggest ideas that we humans want to tackle, and brings them to his audience in meaningful ways. Aside from being a speaker, he's an author, podcast host, and teacher… and probably a dozen other things. Passion is his super-power. And in today's episode we talked about all the big ideas… like you do when you're talking with John Bucher….

Enjoy!

Direct download: 166_John_Bucher_Podcast_Episode_mixdown.mp3
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Wed, 21 March 2018

165: MMM - On Editing Your Talk (without sacrificing depth)

So - you’ve got a hefty first draft, and now it's time to edit your talk.

Knowing we want to get to clear and concise… AND - at the same time, say something NEW.

Finding the SIMPLE and still saying something TRUE and - in some way - NEW.

Whooo, that is a challenge!

And what the editing process in creating a talk is all about.

And it’s a CREATIVE PROCESS.

It’s not JUST - cutting out the stuff you don’t like/don't need.

It’s a process of digging deeper… and getting clearer on what you actually, really truly mean…

And our first drafts so rarely get there. Most of the time, it’s like skimming the cream off the top of your fancy coffee… it’s satisfying and sugary good. But that’s not where the big punch comes from. (Ha.)

When I gave my TEDx talk… the process of editing that puppy was brutal.

If you looked back on my drafts, they’d look in some ways like completely different talks… with a dslithly different focus each time, different emphasis. Every time I sat down to write, or talked it out, or explained it to someone, it shifted a little bit…

Finding clarity is a process.

So - how can we get there?

How do cut out the “fat” -

dig deeper into the truth of what we’re trying to say? -

And get to something REAL?

Here are some tips to get you started, as you evolve your talk - simultaneously digging deeper (adding content) - and cutting out what you don’t need:

1 - Find your filter: audience - what do they need, and how can you meet that need?

2 - Shift your paragraphs to statements. What do you lose? Will help you find the essence of what you’re saying.

3 - Keep asking yourself, “So what?”… - this will help you dig deeper…

4 - Kill your darlings. Be a brutal editor. If it helps you feel better, make another document with all your cut material. Maybe you’ll use it another time!

"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” - Winston Churchill

You and me both, brother.

This is hard.

It’s a process.

And we have to stretch it both ways:

to cut out and

add complexity in its simplest form.

Find your filter.
Write in statements.
Ask “So What?”
Kill your darlings

Direct download: 165_MMM_How_to_Edit_Your_Talk_without_sacrificing_depth_mixdown.mp3
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Wed, 14 March 2018

164: MMM - You are Not a Writer (You're a Speaker)

Hey Movers!

On the show today we're talking about how to successfully shift our focus away from the words - and more into the DELIVERY that comes more authentically from our bodies.

The words and content are often the 'safe' zone, and we can spend a LOT of time in there. Makes sense. Delivering it, especially in an "embodied" way, it becomes us more. It's a much higher-call, and it requires more from us.

So how? What are some simple things we can do to get our words into our body more?

Here are 5 simple ways to get the words more into your body:

Direct download: 164_MMM_You_Are_Not_a_Writer_mixdown.mp3
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Wed, 7 March 2018

163: Gillian Ferrabee - On Speaking With Our Bodies

Gillian Ferrabee - performer, speaker, Cirque de Soleil alum and talent scout... Gillian is an experienced and wise stage presence! When I got to see Gillian speak at last year's STORY Gathering in Nashville, I was so taken at how grounded and giving she was as a speaker. There was no pretense. No 'show' - even though she is such a skilled performer. She was present, in her body.

So it was no surprise that Gillian talked about being IN YOUR BODY, and dealing with what happens to us as creative people when we are putting ourselves out there.

She is full of insight - has the best giggle - and brings to all of us some essential reminders about the power of the present moment and how we as speakers can tune into it more.

Direct download: 163_Gillian_Ferrabee_Podcast_Episode_FINALmixdown.mp3
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