Steve Herz

It's just a necessary prerequisite to get you a seat at the table. And I think very little else.

Do you mind if I say this? Read the book. No, no. Yeah. I mean, obviously, please read the book. But what we do talk about is, first of all, I think it's understanding what your strengths and weaknesses are. And when you... We have an opportunity. It's fascinating.

Do you mind if I say this? Read the book. No, no. Yeah. I mean, obviously, please read the book. But what we do talk about is, first of all, I think it's understanding what your strengths and weaknesses are. And when you... We have an opportunity. It's fascinating.

Do you mind if I say this? Read the book. No, no. Yeah. I mean, obviously, please read the book. But what we do talk about is, first of all, I think it's understanding what your strengths and weaknesses are. And when you... We have an opportunity. It's fascinating.

In the last few months, one of the hopefully good byproducts of this pandemic has been this Zoom culture where we get to record ourselves if we want to, and we can go back and listen and look at ourselves and take note of our communication. And I think most of us would find that we have these blind spots, these weaknesses, the way that we're communicating.

In the last few months, one of the hopefully good byproducts of this pandemic has been this Zoom culture where we get to record ourselves if we want to, and we can go back and listen and look at ourselves and take note of our communication. And I think most of us would find that we have these blind spots, these weaknesses, the way that we're communicating.

In the last few months, one of the hopefully good byproducts of this pandemic has been this Zoom culture where we get to record ourselves if we want to, and we can go back and listen and look at ourselves and take note of our communication. And I think most of us would find that we have these blind spots, these weaknesses, the way that we're communicating.

And unless you're walking around with someone who's telling you 24-7, hey, Steve, hey, Heather, stop doing that, stop doing that, and you find a way to actually change it, you're going to continue to embed those bad habits in your behavior. And we don't have people that tell us these things. That's why I say don't take yes for an answer. And so

And unless you're walking around with someone who's telling you 24-7, hey, Steve, hey, Heather, stop doing that, stop doing that, and you find a way to actually change it, you're going to continue to embed those bad habits in your behavior. And we don't have people that tell us these things. That's why I say don't take yes for an answer. And so

And unless you're walking around with someone who's telling you 24-7, hey, Steve, hey, Heather, stop doing that, stop doing that, and you find a way to actually change it, you're going to continue to embed those bad habits in your behavior. And we don't have people that tell us these things. That's why I say don't take yes for an answer. And so

The immediate things like kind of the low hanging fruit, I would say, of actual things you could do to have more authority is stand up straight, sit up straight. Have some physicality to your body language. Finish your sentences, Heather. Finish your words. So many people just trail off at the end of their words or they have a sing-song delivery or a high-pitched voice that's artificially high.

The immediate things like kind of the low hanging fruit, I would say, of actual things you could do to have more authority is stand up straight, sit up straight. Have some physicality to your body language. Finish your sentences, Heather. Finish your words. So many people just trail off at the end of their words or they have a sing-song delivery or a high-pitched voice that's artificially high.

The immediate things like kind of the low hanging fruit, I would say, of actual things you could do to have more authority is stand up straight, sit up straight. Have some physicality to your body language. Finish your sentences, Heather. Finish your words. So many people just trail off at the end of their words or they have a sing-song delivery or a high-pitched voice that's artificially high.

So go on the internet and you can have many different free resources to figure out if you have a properly placed pitch with your voice. Enunciate. And if you have a good voice... If you don't have a sing-song delivery, if you finish your words, then you will seem and you will be more authoritative. And another really simple thing is do not use filler words. End them from your vocabulary.

So go on the internet and you can have many different free resources to figure out if you have a properly placed pitch with your voice. Enunciate. And if you have a good voice... If you don't have a sing-song delivery, if you finish your words, then you will seem and you will be more authoritative. And another really simple thing is do not use filler words. End them from your vocabulary.

So go on the internet and you can have many different free resources to figure out if you have a properly placed pitch with your voice. Enunciate. And if you have a good voice... If you don't have a sing-song delivery, if you finish your words, then you will seem and you will be more authoritative. And another really simple thing is do not use filler words. End them from your vocabulary.

Um's, you know's, like's. They're easy to fix. I could teach it to you in probably an hour. And if you can get rid of just those filler words and use a pregnant pause and have more inflection in your voice because you're not using those filler words, man, you're going to be so much more captivating.

Um's, you know's, like's. They're easy to fix. I could teach it to you in probably an hour. And if you can get rid of just those filler words and use a pregnant pause and have more inflection in your voice because you're not using those filler words, man, you're going to be so much more captivating.

Um's, you know's, like's. They're easy to fix. I could teach it to you in probably an hour. And if you can get rid of just those filler words and use a pregnant pause and have more inflection in your voice because you're not using those filler words, man, you're going to be so much more captivating.

filler getting rid of filler words or how you're standing or how you're if you're enunciating or not right because this is this is a question of the substance versus the style substance is important it gets you seated at the table if you don't study dentistry you're not getting a dental job if you don't study engineering you can get an engineering job but once you've done that