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April is on page 129 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Use the Trigger Method when responding to questions: Method 1 - Repeat the End of the Question. Method 2 - Make a Qualifying or Opinion Statement (when asked your opinion. “The best thing about X is Y.”
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April is on page 125 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Even if you can anticipate 98 percent of the questions, 2 percent can surprise you. One way to deal with the unknown is to talk to members of the audience in advance. Get there early and mingle.
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April is on page 125 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Don't ever wing the answer to a question that involves litigation, privacy; sensitivity, a misunderstanding, or a mistake. Determine what you can say, as well as what you can't. If you cannot answer, explain why you cant.
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April is on page 125 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
To put the 98 Percent Solution into practice, write down the worst questions the ones you don't want to answer. Don't bother to write down the questions you would like people to ask, because you already know the answers to those. Write down the questions you wish no one would ask, even the ones that make you cringe…By writing it out, you clarify and internalize the message.
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April is on page 122 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Four rules for dealing with Q&A questions:
1) Be calm. 2) Be honest. 3) Be available. 4) Be open-minded.
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April is on page 116 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Presentations - “Inclusive language is a subtle, but powerful, technique for winning over any audience. Once you get into the habit it becomes second nature.” Instead of I, we, our, use you, your, our, us. Make them the subject of your remarks.
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April is on page 61 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Sharing your values is a surefire way to build bridges. People prefer a leader with the courage to talk about convictions over one who says what everyone wants to hear. This is true in politics and business. It's really pretty simple: express your values, and act on your values, and people will respect you and believe that you are genuine.
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April is on page 60 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
I think what works is when you are excited about what you are saying. It isn’t just the idea, but the emotion behind the idea, that makes you successful.
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April is on page 59 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
What works for me is to have my stuff around the office — family pictures, and model cars on top of the filing cabinets because people know I love NASCAR . . . . If people know something about you, they feel you are genuine, and it makes everything you do more believable.
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April is starting Ordinary Grace
My father used to quote the Greek playwright Aeschylus. “He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain, which cannot forget, falls drop by drop upon the heart, until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God.”
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April is on page 51 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
“You need to answer the questions. Answer honestly, even if it's not what everyone wants to hear. Candor is essential to leadership whether you are running for office or running a company. Take tough questions head on. Earn the respect of your audience, even if you know they will disagree with you.”
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April is on page 49 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
“There are times and places when you have to or should wing it. You should be good on your feet, but you should never go into a formal presentation without preparation. You should think about what you want to say, prepare, and practice. At the CEO level, clarity is king.”
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April is on page 45 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Lesson 7: Know when enough is enough

When you get to the point where you wonder if you are talking too much, you probably are.
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April is on page 43 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
“As CEO, you are the person to whom they look in a crisis. Someone has to be in charge. If you see those moments as leadership opportunities, it will change your attitude and help you when you’re under pressure.”
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April is on page 43 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Lesson 5: The good news is: there is bad news

“Bad news is bad news, but it’s also good news if you know how to handle it. Managing rough questions can actually make your organization look better than before.”
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April is on page 41 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Lesson 4: Keep the Worst-Case Scenario in Mind. Make a contingency plan.
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April is on page 41 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
As a CEO, you have to always walk on stage as if you belong there. And that means everywhere you go, because the world is your stage. This doesn't mean that you ever appear arrogant or controlling— you simply give the impression that you are comfortable and belong there…Even in a new situation, put other people at ease and you will come across like a leader.
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April is on page 40 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Opportunities come along. You can't let a racing heart stop you. You may find yourself standing on stage as a keynote speaker. You may find yourself sitting down to a major media interview. Use anxiety to improve your performance. Seize the moment and ignore the fear. You are about to encounter something big. A racing heart and sweaty palms can be a sign of opportunity.
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April is on page 38 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Expect the expected. “When you are in the spotlight, you cannot afford to assume you are prepared… Equip yourself to handle the basic stuff.”
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April is on page 35 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Telling stories can become one of the most valuable tools of a CEO; they’re one of the most effective means to communicate your leadership on a way that inspires and motivates listeners.
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April is on page 23 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Hope is a potent message. Focus o. The future and what can be done. When you speak, tell people what you believe is possible. Your vision, your hope, your belief about the future sets the course for the organization. Focus on the future, and people will go out and make it happen.
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April is on page 21 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
McCain had a reputation for telling the truth, so people accepted his apology. This is important for leaders to know. People will accept when you make a mistake. They will not accept the perpetuation of the lie. Every CEO should know that honesty is the secret to winning trust and being a real leader.
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April is on page 9 of 240 of Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
Without clarity, no one views a leader as authentic.
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April is starting Speak Like a CEO: Secrets for Commanding Attention and Getting Results
The smartest people aren’t necessarily the ones who rose to the top. It’s the ones who can communicate well.
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April is starting On Civil Disobedience
Whereas Thoreau and the tradition of conscientious civil disobedience believe that punishment for breaking the law is a sign of the civil disobedient's willingness to suffer for their moral action, Arendt believes that civil disobedients are political actors and should not be treated as criminals.
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On Civil Disobedience

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April is starting On Civil Disobedience
“Loss of power and authority by all the great powers is clearly visible, even though it is accompanied by an immense accumulation of the means of violence in the hands of the governments.” Hannah Arendt
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On Civil Disobedience

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April is starting On Civil Disobedience
So much of the anger and dissatisfaction with government today is traceable to what Arendt calls the disempowerment of self-government by citizens and the elevation of bureaucratic elites and experts to positions of power insulated from democratic control. It is this cordoning off of power from the citizens that, Arendt argues, makes the collective power mobilized by civil disobedience so necessary and important.
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On Civil Disobedience

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April is starting On Civil Disobedience
Arendt saw the rise of governmental bureaucracy as one of the gravest threats to political freedom. She calls bureaucracy “the rule of nobody” and worries that bureaucratic government is an “invisible government” that disempowers citizens and makes democracy evermore precarious.
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On Civil Disobedience

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April is starting On Civil Disobedience
“I would agree with St. Augustine that ‘an unjust law is no law at all.’” — MLKJ, Letters from Birmingham Jail
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On Civil Disobedience

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April is on page 19 of 208 of Prayer in the Night: For Those Who Work or Watch or Weep
Keep watch, dear Lord, with those who work, or watch, or weep this night, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend the sick, Lord Christ; give rest to the weary, bless the dying, soothe the suffering, pity the af-flicted, shield the joyous; and all for your love's sake.
Amen.
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