You are likely not running out of ideas, but you are running out of time. A lot of us have goals where we want to help more people, we want to get our message out there, we want to be useful. But it's very easy to overthink and over schedule ourselves

and ultimately not do these things

that we know could help make a bigger impact.

This is one reason speaker school exists.

We do not run speaker school for just perfect TED Talk style

speakers or people that have their topics figured out.

Speaker school is for anybody that just wants to refine

how they get their point across,

whether you want to be a better storyteller, whether you do have a presentation coming up.

It is for anybody who knows that there is value in sharing your story and value in helping

others, but you just got to get over yourself and commit to it.

It is a two day event that we're going to do here in Phoenix, Arizona at the Art of

Coaching Compound.

We have had people that have social

anxiety come to this. We've had practice speakers to this. Bottom line, we get a bunch of misfits together. And we work on how to make our message more clear, how to get ideas out of our own head, how to more intentionally get our message across to those who need to hear it. And ultimately, just to improve as humans, there's no area of your life where becoming a better communicator,

a better speaker does not provide massive return on investment. And if I have to convince you of that, you're probably not the right fit for our services, right? But knowing how to get your point across and decrease the risk of misunderstandings helps save you time, and help save you money, help save you energy.

And it can also help your reputation.

You know, like we say the wrong thing sometimes, which this episode and many episodes you're going to talk about, how to recover from and how to manage, that can have pretty nasty effects. So, come get better with us. It's a fun environment, it's creative environment. Go to artofcoaching.com slash events.

Now there are student discounts available, and early discounts available, early purchase discounts available, and then also first responder discounts available. Artofcoaching.com slash events, and look up speaker school today. Check it out!

Check it out! Welcome to the Art of Coaching Podcast. I'm Brett Burtolamue and at a young age, poor communication nearly caused me my life. Now, I help others navigate the great area of social interaction, power dynamics, and communication so they can become more adaptable leaders regardless of their profession, age, or situation. This podcast is for everybody who is fascinated with solving people problems. So if you're the no nonsense type who appreciates frank conversations, advise you can put to use immediately and learning how others navigate the messy realities of leadership, you're in the right place. I'm glad that you're joining us. Let's dive in. All right, let's get into it. Thanks for joining me for another episode. All right, this is one that I think a lot of us can relate to in some way, shape or form. Grounding the episode is I usually do and pardon the change in my voice. I just got over. If you're a long time listener, you notice that we had a small hiatus. I've been dealing with some kind of upper respiratory slash bronchitis thing for a while. So I'm aware I sound a little bit noisy or nasally rather. Please forgive that, but I want to get back to you guys and there's been a lot going on. So to be able to give you tips and stay consistent with everything so you guys can continue to grow. And also myself, because doing these podcasts is a great way to kind of create artifacts and a time capsule of things that I've dealt with professionally and continue to deal with that hopefully can bring value to you. So within the last few months, I've done a number of in-services. Last year was a really busy in-service year for us and this one as well. And we get brought in for a number of reasons. Sometimes it's to speak and present other times. It can be to mediate conflict to that something that we've been doing more of. But one of my clients recently was talking about how she struggles communicate. I'm gonna read off what she said because I had her put it in writing so I didn't speak. She struggles with fully communicating the way she'd like to and being forthright because she fears repercussion. She very much respects her bosses and the people that she works with,

but she feels like she kind of just tones it down too much. And she was trying to put this into words, and I just said, hey, you know, I don't want to put words into your mouth, but I would like to know, would you consider yourself kind of a fear-based communicator? And she goes, well, I don't really know what that means. And I said, well, is it more that you feel like you're not saying the right thing or

don't know how to say the right thing?

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