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| Passionate Speaking the Foundation of Effective Communications |
How does knowing what you are passionate about lead to a more successful career, a more successful life? Passion is the most compelling part of our emotional makeup and in many ways, defines who we are. Passion is the foundation from which we operate and communicate.
People respond to passionate expression. Passion is one of the most powerful ways to express our life force and has the capacity to profoundly influence and affect others as well as shape our own destiny. When intimately in touch with our passion and skilled at expressing it, people perceive us as more colorful and alive. It is as if we have discovered our own personal, internal paint box and know how to paint with any vibrant color we want, at any time.
Passion is an essential element of our life force and is intrinsic to our human nature. Unfortunately, most of us are going too fast and experiencing too much stress with work, family, and life in general to take stock of what makes up our passionate nature. We take our life force for granted, barely aware of its potential strength and power.
If your foundation isn't strong and filled with a variety of passions - or even just a few that run very deep - then your communications will lack strength and variety. The solution is literally right in front of you at each moment of every day. You simply need to start noticing, welcoming, and examining every aspect of your daily life that makes you feel something and causes an emotional response. By incorporating these passions into your daily life, you will start to build a solid foundation from which to communicate all kinds of effective communications.
People will respond to your passion - and to you!
Let's try a little exercise. Can you write down 10 things you are passionate about in 10 minutes? Most people only get to about five things and get stuck. I don't think it is because they don't have the answers. They simply don't take the time to truly absorb and appreciate the things in life that really move them. They may not even recognize the innate value of their life experience and its connection to passion.
When you are in your passion, you are connected to all of your senses.
- You feel self-confident
- You quit doubting yourself
- You naturally release your true feelings, emotions and expressions This connection with passion is the first step toward meaningful expression and successful interaction.
Information about the world comes to us through our senses. Since it is these same five senses that stimulate our responses to life, we need to expand our knowledge of them, measure how they affect us and begin to give rise to our emotions, improving our ability to communicate.
Passionate speaking is what an audience pays to hear, and speaking passionately is one sure way to become a sought after public speaker.
To get started recognizing and using your five senses more effectively, practice expanding your focus on each sense. Over the next week try to find 5 to 10 new passions for each sense, using the following guidelines:
SIGHT - What do you see or what have you seen that you are passionate about? It could be anything! Example: Yosemite, the face of your child, even a rosebud.
SMELL - What have you smelled that you are passionate about? Example: The fragrance of Night Jasmine. Rain on cement after a long drought.
TASTE - What have you tasted lately that you are passionate about? Example: Hagen Dazs coffee ice cream or spaghetti with basil, tomato, garlic, and lots of Parmesan cheese.
SOUND - What sounds have you heard that fill you with passion? Example: Your granddaughter's voice, Samba music, water spilling over rocks in a creek.
TOUCH - What have you touched that you feel passionately about? Example: A cold mountain stream, a German Shepherd puppy's face.
Become aware of the sensory experiences in your life and how they arouse your emotions. They occur in every waking moment - you just need to bring your awareness to them to know the richness around and within you.
Passionate speaking results when you are talking about that about which you are passionate - but it also involves communicating why you have the passion, what causes or stirs up that passion, and what you do with that passion - how you use that passion to your advantage. This type of passionate speaking is effective in giving audiences, large or small, something to be passionate about, as well. Successful results for all involved!
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