186. Own Your Impact: How to Communicate Your Personal Power
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Think Fast Talk Smart
4.7 • 806 Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2025
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Why good communication starts with tapping into your power.
Impactful communication isn’t just about the words you use. According to Chris Lipp, it’s about the power you deliver them with.
“When we have a belief in ourselves, what we say changes,” says Lipp, a professor at Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business and author of The Science of Personal Power. Throughout his career as an academic and communications coach for entrepreneurs, he’s explored how tapping into personal power can transform our messages and the impact they create. "Personal power is our belief in our own capability to create impact,” he says. “When things [take] shape on the inside, we think differently, we behave differently... and other people perceive that power."
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Lipp and Matt Abrahams explore how our mindset shapes our message, sharing research-backed strategies for communicating with power. From embracing authenticity to staying grounded in our values, Lipp reveals how strong communication starts by building strength within.
Episode Reference Links:
- Chris Lipp
- Chris’s Book: The Science of Person Power
- Ep.12 It's Not What You Say, It’s How You Say It: How To Communicate Power
- Ep.130 Rethinks: How to Maintain a Powerful Presence in Your Communication
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Chapters:
- (00:00) - Introduction
- (02:13) - From Persuasion to Power
- (03:09) - Defining Personal Power
- (04:31) - Mindset and Action-Oriented Communication
- (05:27) - The Power of Taking Responsibility
- (07:08) - Language and Personal Power
- (10:21) - The Four-Point Formula for Pitching
- (12:35) - Focusing on Benefits Over Features
- (13:30) - Personal Power in Pitching and Persuasion
- (14:40) - Nonverbal Communication and Power
- (17:10) - The Final Three Questions
- (21:00) - Conclusion
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| 0:39.0 | Your personal power can turbocharge your messages. |
| 0:43.7 | It's not just about what you say and how you say it. |
| 0:47.7 | It's about how you approach it. |
| 0:50.1 | My name is Matt Abrahams, and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School |
| 0:54.8 | of Business. Welcome to Think Fast, Talk Smart, the podcast. Today I am really excited to speak |
| 1:02.3 | with my friend and former colleague Chris Lip. Chris is a lecturer at Tulane's Freeman School of |
| 1:07.8 | Business and the author of three books, the latest of which is The Science of Personal Power. |
| 1:14.4 | Before we get started, I wanted to let you know that my first book, Speaking Up Without Freaking Out, is now available as an audiobook on Spotify. |
| 1:23.2 | The audiobook helps you manage symptoms and sources of anxiety while also helping you handle |
| 1:27.9 | blanking out, staying composed during Q&A, and so much more. |
| 1:32.0 | Thousands of people have found value from the print version of Speaking Up without |
| 1:35.8 | freaking out. Now you can listen to it. Check out Speaking Up Without Freaking Out on Spotify |
| 1:41.0 | or go to FasterSmartter.io slash speaking up. |
| 1:46.4 | Chris, it's good to finally get to chat with you on Think Fast Talk Smart. |
| 1:49.9 | Thanks for being here. |
| 1:50.9 | Pleasure to be here. |
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