Matt Abrahams

I call it communication hygiene.

You need to eat well, sleep well, exercise.

It is much better to stay on routine than to deviate from your routine.

There is some research around caffeine consumption.

Caffeine consumption is actually really good when you're ideating for creativity.

When you actually go to present, you shouldn't deviate from whatever your standard protocol is for caffeine.

You shouldn't all of a sudden go cold turkey.

But taking additional caffeine because you didn't sleep well the night before can just agitate you during the presentation and communication.

So getting a good night's sleep is great.

I am not the best person to give advice on how to do it.

That just happened the other week.

I'm going to partake as soon as we're done.

I get free consulting here.

Something else that I really encourage people to do to help is to have conversation prior to whatever the big communication is.

To connect with people, have conversation.

Whenever I do a keynote, whenever I'm doing a big presentation, I will always be talking to people.

Sometimes I have to go find them because I'm behind stage and I got to wait to the big introduction.

I'll go find somebody and just have a conversation.

That focus and present orientation that it brings and just that act of speaking,

I am so amazed that anybody who does any athletics or music, you know you should warm up first, but people don't warm up before they speak.