This is Trend Following Radio, where great thinking comes alive.

Nobel Prize winners, legendary traders, bestselling authors, and the pros that know what drive us irrational human beings.

I am your host, Michael Coval.

Not filtered, raw, honest.

That's my passion.

I just finished a speech.

Not in the last five minutes, but in the last couple weeks.

About 500 people in Las Vegas at the Bellagio.

So much fun.

There's something about being on stage when you can give something back and people appreciate it, that feeling is so fun.

Now, I've been doing this for a long time, and this podcast actually helps. Even if I don't give a speech for a very, very, very long time, I stay practiced on a podcast. The interviewing keeps you sharp. The monologues keep you sharp.

It's just a great foundational practice for public speaking. Now, of course, I'm sure I got my own

style and it might be good, it might be bad.

I know it's somewhat effective.

I don't say that in a cocky way, just in a confident, learned way.

And there's no doubt everyone listening right now wants the ability to speak with impact.

You want to know how to command the room and influence others. We all want

that. Frankly, we all need it. In this modern age, there's going to come a time where you need to

stand up. My guest today, Alison Shapira is right there in this headspace. Her new book, Speak with Impact,

How to Command the Room and Influence Others. Allison dives into the nitty-gritty, kick-starting the

creative process, composing a clear and concise message, getting rid of the filler words. Man, I have to do that all the time in this

podcast. Not necessarily for me, because I think about it, but so many guests don't think about

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