Lewis Howes
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Right, so a mistake that people will make is they'll give a thought, pause, and then keep speaking.
Now, pauses are quite powerful.
Powerful people typically use pauses in their speech.
But if you pause in between your sentences, people will interrupt you, because they think you're done.
You're actually better off using what I call a power pause.
A power pause is when you pause right before you give something away.
Did I do it?
Right.
That's it.
Exactly.
So here's the mistake that people make is they'll say, something really important happened in my childhood that I want to tell you about.
Pause.
It was when I was, okay?
People are like, should I talk to you?
Should I ask you another question?
What should I say?
It actually creates conversational confusion, which is the last thing you want.
Versus, I want to share a really important story from my childhood.
That creates a lot more intrigue because like a story, oh, from your childhood.
And I have no desire to interrupt.