Speaking, Turning Off Subscriptions, Book Names | #260

The details we think matter likely don’t when we go deep enough : The “accordion” exercise we did felt like powerful psycho technology the way it completely changed how I thought about getting to the essence of experiences and ideas. In the exercise, you go from 3 minutes of a speech to 2 minutes to 1 minute to 30 seconds to 15 seconds, and then ba... See more

Finish Strong, Don’t Tell The Audience “Ah that wasn’t great” : They had a great way to embrace the perception gap: finish strong. I jokingly called this the Kerri Strug principle after her miraculous broken leg landing in the ‘96 Olympics:

The personal is still my edge: We did this exercise where we had to tell a personal story around several random words. For example, something like “taking a walk.” My default is to talk about the personal and then quickly hide in the abstract. This became obvious in speaking. I would say something like “Walking is something all humans do,” instead ... See more