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Last week, I attended a public speaking boot camp hosted by Peter (a former engineer) and Allan (a former educator and actor) of Method Speaking. Both are now speaking coaches and they are some of the most authentic people I have ever met.

No one had prepared speeches, we were just focusing on the experience of going up and talking in front of a group. Often times, people would blurt out “I don’t have anything to say.”
Ever experienced that? Perhaps during a networking event, or writing a blog post, or responding to someone else’s question.

Here’s a wacky idea: no matter where you are, whether speaking one-to-one or one-to-many, you have something to important to say. Yes, you! As Peter and Alan coached us, they pointed out this: “You have a life of many, many experiences. The reason you think you don’t have anything to say is because you most likely have too many things to say!”
In fact, the left side of your brain is overwhelmed by all these experiences and has gotten stuck trying to parse out the details.

The next time you feel the urge to tell yourself that you have nothing to say, activate right brained thinking and just say the first thing that comes to your mind. You may just surprise yourself and delight others.

Wacky Ideas, Silly Stories is a series of posts describing people’s strange experiences in life, as well as some of my hare-brained theories.