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POWER PLAY #31 Visualize Your Audience Below

Go on, close your eyes and get a mental picture of them right now. (Go on, do it!) Now, as you pictured them, where were they in relation to you? Were they on the same level as you? Or above you so that you were looking up at the ...

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POWER PLAY #30 It’s Just a “Presensation”

Yes, you read that right—it’s not a typo. “Presensation” is a word I made up to describe the combination of presentation and conversation.

Remember this: the worst thing you can do when you get up to speak is to go into what I call ...

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POWER PLAY #28 Use Your Superchargers

What short phrase can you say to yourself to provide instant energy? Something like, “Let’s go!” “Have fun!” “Play full out!” “Just do it!” “This is a blast!” “I love it!” These are just a few examples of what I call superchargers. What ...

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POWER PLAY #27 Feel Your Very Best Emotions

Have you ever given a presentation where absolutely everything went perfectly? You know what I’m talking about: you looked good, felt good, and even smelled good—and the right words flowed effortlessly out of your mouth. I bet you’ ...

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POWER PLAY #26 Think Your Very Best Thoughts

Most presenters limit what they think they’re capable of doing. They base their evaluation of themselves on their past experiences—which is a dangerous practice, because it doesn’t
allow for growth. The thoughts you had yesterday ...

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POWER PLAY #25 Change Your Identity

Imagine that two people who have been fifty pounds overweight for the past ten years decide to go on a diet. After six months of dieting, both succeed in losing fifty pounds. A year later, one of them has gained back the fifty pounds, plus ...

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POWER PLAY #24 Breathe Your Tension Away

When the average person gets up to speak, a few things happen. His heart starts beating faster, his blood pressure rises, and he begins breathing more rapidly. What are these characteristics indicating? They are signs that the mind an ...

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POWER PLAY #23 Use Your Power Move

My friend Tony Robbins is regarded by many as one of the most dynamic speakers in the world. If you were to watch him backstage before he goes out to deliver a presentation, you would see him energizing himself by performing a series of dy ...

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POWER PLAY # 21 Cancel Thoughts You Don't Want

Have you ever heard a song and then couldn’t get it out of your head? No matter what you did, it was stuck there, playing over and over again in your mind. How annoying! Has the same thing ever happened with a thought? It’s even ...

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POWER PLAY #20 Prepare Like an Athlete

What do professional athletes and entertainers do before they perform? That’s right, they warm up.
Watch any athletic contest on TV, and you’ll get a glimpse of the players getting ready for the competition. You’ll see them stretching, ...

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POWER PLAY #19

Feel Great For Every Presentation

Is it too much to ask you to feel great for every presentation? What if you didn’t get enough sleep the night before? Or you have a headache? Or your cat was sick? Or...fill in the blank with whatever circumstances tend to g ...

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POWER PLAY #18

You Determine How You Feel

Right now, point to the person who determines how you feel. I hope you’re not pointing to your spouse, your boss, or anyone other than yourself, because—of course!—it’s you. You determine how you feel. But here’s the rub: Is there ...

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If you could pick just one emotion to have at your core as a presenter, what would it be? I’ve asked this question of thousands of people, and the most common answers are confidence and passion. While I agree that these are critical, I believe there’s another emotion that, wh ...

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Have you ever had to do a task and felt motivated and inspired to do whatever it took to succeed—as if you were on a mission to accomplish it? If so, capture that feeling and bring it into every presentation, and you’ll be unstoppable.

Back in my mid-twenties, I was booked t ...

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If you’ve ever been caught off guard and asked to “say a few words,” you know how tough impromptu presentations can be. They pose a real challenge because being unprepared tends to get the adrenaline going: if you freak out even a little bit, your fight- or-flight response ki ...

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You’ve heard of an “elevator pitch,” a presentation that’s over in a flash and designed for maximum impact, a super-streamlined message delivered with crystal clarity. As a master persuader, it’s something you want to have at the ready. Imagine you found yourself riding in an ...

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POWER PLAY #13 FIRE-UP Your Audience!

Years ago I came up with a system for a persuasive presentation, something anyone could use, no matter what they’re selling. After studying all the research and methods I could find on persuasive presenting, I arrived at this acronym: FI ...

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In the final stage of your presentation, audiences should be led to take an action that improves their situation: to fulfill the outcome you established at the very beginning of the process (see Power Play #1). Sometimes, they’ll do something right then (e.g., register, buy s ...

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Years ago, I was taught that you had to deliver a powerful “close.” You almost had to strong-arm people into doing what you wanted, and it didn’t feel good to me. Getting people to do something they don’t want to do isn’t fun. Everybody feels uncomfortable...Uh-oh. Here comes ...