Adam Outland
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And so your process is often to try and work through the, I don't know if you call it psychosomatic part, but the emotional response, the nerves, before diving into maybe more of a tactical approach.
And so your process is often to try and work through the, I don't know if you call it psychosomatic part, but the emotional response, the nerves, before diving into maybe more of a tactical approach.
Hmm. Sometimes you have to act your way into proper thinking instead of trying to think your way into proper acting, right?
Hmm. Sometimes you have to act your way into proper thinking instead of trying to think your way into proper acting, right?
So almost an anchoring and through your physical actions. One of the things I just not to do a perfect segue here, this will just kind of take us a different road, but I have to ask for our listeners, the five P's of vocal variety. I'd love to hear what the five P's of vocal variety are because I've learned how important vocal variety is.
So almost an anchoring and through your physical actions. One of the things I just not to do a perfect segue here, this will just kind of take us a different road, but I have to ask for our listeners, the five P's of vocal variety. I'd love to hear what the five P's of vocal variety are because I've learned how important vocal variety is.
It's amazing. And as you keep going, I just, you know, I do actually a lot of interpretation of these lessons with my kids because it's so relevant right now. Yeah. And, you know, your voice and communication is like one of the most essential things that I want to make sure they can do because it's so critical to human relations.
It's amazing. And as you keep going, I just, you know, I do actually a lot of interpretation of these lessons with my kids because it's so relevant right now. Yeah. And, you know, your voice and communication is like one of the most essential things that I want to make sure they can do because it's so critical to human relations.
So anyway, I love all of this training as a parent just as much as a professional.
So anyway, I love all of this training as a parent just as much as a professional.
I don't know how much international work you do, but do you find change based on the geography someone's grown up in, like a German person who's working on public speaking versus someone who's French or Korean, how that impacts those five P's?
I don't know how much international work you do, but do you find change based on the geography someone's grown up in, like a German person who's working on public speaking versus someone who's French or Korean, how that impacts those five P's?
So important. What do you see as the bigger challenges as it relates to vocal, not just vocal variety, but speaking in general for salespeople? What are some of the common concepts you end up leaning into the most with people who are in that profession?
So important. What do you see as the bigger challenges as it relates to vocal, not just vocal variety, but speaking in general for salespeople? What are some of the common concepts you end up leaning into the most with people who are in that profession?
That's great. That's a great technician way to look and reverse engineer successful communication. You have this engineer mind about you that's allowed you to extrapolate the tools to make someone a good speaker.
That's great. That's a great technician way to look and reverse engineer successful communication. You have this engineer mind about you that's allowed you to extrapolate the tools to make someone a good speaker.
Yeah, I love that. And I'd have to include this question because I think of sales and acting and how they're similar in so many ways. In sales, I'm very clear, you have a sales script. There's a purpose in remembering it because the words do matter to an extent, but not so much to the extent that it affects the emotion of the conversation. In acting, this is the part in the world I don't know.
Yeah, I love that. And I'd have to include this question because I think of sales and acting and how they're similar in so many ways. In sales, I'm very clear, you have a sales script. There's a purpose in remembering it because the words do matter to an extent, but not so much to the extent that it affects the emotion of the conversation. In acting, this is the part in the world I don't know.
And so I would love your thoughts. I don't know how often the director is so hard on getting the exact words where you have to get caught up in the words. Or if you don't rehearse enough to know all the paragraphs of information, it creates that trauma cycle of am I saying the right line or if you're allowed to be emotionally engaged.
And so I would love your thoughts. I don't know how often the director is so hard on getting the exact words where you have to get caught up in the words. Or if you don't rehearse enough to know all the paragraphs of information, it creates that trauma cycle of am I saying the right line or if you're allowed to be emotionally engaged.