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Many great speeches and presentations begin with a story, right? And OFTEN THE BEST STORY TO BEGIN WITH IS A GOOD JOKE. Checkout the first 30 seconds of Ben Zander's TED talk. Try making an original joke with which to open your next talk! Let's look at another example, David Foster Wallace's 2005 commencement speech at Kenyan College, to get a sense of structure: SETUP: "There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way..." MISDIRECTION: "...who nods at them and says “Morning, boys. How’s the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit..." PUNCH LINE "... and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes 'What the hell is water?'" Using that structure, I just came up with this one: SETUP This morning, after brushing my teeth, I paused and looked at myself in the mirror... MISDIRECTION ...and I thought to myself, "Wow, you've aged pretty well." PUNCHLINE And then I put on my glasses. The really hard part is producing a joke that ties into your theme/message. You may have to work at it for a while, throwing out a few drafts along the way, but all the effort is really worth it. Give it a try!

Let's talk about never giving up... This short video relates to any competition, life in sales, and of course life in general. The lesson here is never give up, even when you fall. Get up, dust yourself down, and with your experience, determination and pure grit you can win! You may have noticed that I used the phrase "when you fall" not "if". This is because all, or at least the vast majority of us, will "fall" at some point in our lives and for some more often than others. But, remember falling is natural and all part of the big picture we call life. Without some falls, we truly can't appreciate the beauty of life 😉 #fall #falling #trip #race #racing #running #sports #sales #saleslife #getup #carryon #determination #grit #experience #lovelife #winning

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Big Yen has just released their latest video, "Concrete Hills," which focuses on skating, friendship, and being present in the moment. Check it out now on YouTube and let us know your thoughts in the comments! Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more content. #skateboarding #friendship #presentmoment #BigYen #ConcreteHills

Form is greater than finish.   16 years ago (March 2, 2008), one of the greatest moments in track history took place. Heather Dornidan won her heat in the 600 meter Big 10 Championship, and placed second overall in the event.   If you haven't heard the story, Heather was poised to win the race after a strong finish the year before. The first minute of the race is relatively non-eventful, with the runners all bunched together, but everything changed at the 01:05 mark.   Dornidan trips over a competitors shoe and lands face first on the track.   You can sense the wind knocked out of the arena.   She immediately jumps to her feet, keeps running, and ultimately wins her heat! Here's the video for reference: https://lnkd.in/eey925WZ While there are a lot of life lessons to take from her story, one element stands out to me the most…Dornidan kept the same running form throughout the race.   If you were to edit the video only showing Dornidan, at no point in the race would you be able to tell what place she is in. Her form looks the exact same before and after the fall.   Why this strikes me is that Dornidan didn't let her potential finish in the race dictate her form. She was the same runner at the beginning and the end.   That says more about who she is than the fact that won the race.   Is this true of us?   "Form" for a runner is the method they use to achieve their desired result (winning the race).   As professionals, I believe our "form" is our personal values. Things like humility, empathy, curiosity, kindness, etc. that we want to be true of us.   They are how we aim to "run our race" and ultimately shape how people will experience us.   It's easy to keep our form when we feel ahead... The presentation goes well, we get a promotion, or are invited into a higher level meeting.   What about when we feel behind? Our idea isn't selected, we weren't invited to the meeting, or someone else gets the promotion.   Do we keep the same form in those moments?   That's the challenge I am processing this week. Are my core values on display when I feel behind in the same way as when I feel ahead, or do people experience me as a different person?   While falling behind might have cost Dornidan a first place finish in the overall event, keeping her form cemented her legacy in track history.   Here's to keeping our form in the highs and lows as well.

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The lesson? Don't let outdated ideas become weeds in your life, business, or community. Embrace the Score's playbook: Analyze and adapt: Yesterday's solutions might not cut it today. Stay in tune with your audience and adjust accordingly. Dare to innovate: Think outside the box! Experiment, break the mold, and create experiences like music-infused golf that leave your audience humming. By reassessing, adapting, and embracing innovation, we can all transform our own stagnant ideas into thriving ecosystems. So, let's ditch the outdated playbooks and get playing! #innovation #makeitfun

“Aerosmith announces they're retiring from touring following Steven Tyler's vocal injury” To say this has made me incredibly sad is an understatement. I dont know if Stephen Tyler had a vocal coach or if he would even listen to one considering the Rock and Roll world he belongs to. Has the system let him down? Do we prioritise the health of opera singers because they are the “elite of voices” so there is a gap in knowledge and training for other genres? Do older generation singers like Stephen Tyler who learned their craft on the road and sing from ‘the gut’ feel they simply do not need to know more? One thing I do know… there are only two other cases I can find of people fracturing their own larynx so this is an extremely rare injury. Normally this kind of injury is a result of major trauma from force - think a car crash… At 76 there would have been ageing of the voice. I dont think enough people realise that the mucles of the voice stiffen, the laryngeal cartilages ossify, lung capacity decreases, muscles shrink (atrophy), there is reduced endurance, pitch changes, tremors in the voice and an increase in breathiness. Simple exercises like reading aloud and paying more attention to vocal hygiene and changing vocal function may have resulted in a different outcome for Stephen. I can’t imagine having to immediately stop the one thing that I am passionate about, that I have been doing my whole life. If you are a voice professional, no matter what industry you are in. It is crucial to have the right vocal coach on your team. Just like every Olympian that competed last week…. You are a vocal athlete!

A simple message, but I find this quote from England’s new wicket-keeper inspiring. We often hold up ambition as a virtue, and for sure there is lots to celebrate about pushing yourself, always striving for improvement. You would be unlikely to represent your country in elite sport without a fair dose of ambition. But how often do we settle for celebrating the achievement, and allow only for a process that is filled with pressure or anxiety? It’s something I regularly preach to my students, but could honestly do better myself. So, in the spirit of new school year resolutions (when we get there!) here is one. Let the ambition have its focus shifted just a touch - the key performance moments of the year in our music school should be fun above all else. I want our students to learn that it is possible to play at the highest of levels, and for that process to be enjoyable. You don’t have to stress yourself out/drive yourself into the ground in order to realise your ambitions. Playing music is, and should be, fun.