Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to remember the 8x rule. You can become known as an excellent speaker simply by spending more time preparing than most people do. Today's tip is from my recent Before Breakfast interview with Bill McGowan.
Bill is an award-winning journalist who now coaches people on giving memorable presentations. In our discussion, he mentioned that as a general rule of thumb, you should spend eight times as much time preparing for a presentation as you will be talking. So if you are giving a five-minute welcome to a group, spend 40 minutes practicing.
If you are giving an hour-long keynote, spend eight hours practicing. Now, it is possible that for a really big presentation, let's say you're giving a TED Talk on the main TED stage, my guess is that you'd spend more time than that preparing. But for your average talk, people don't spend anywhere near that amount of time preparing.
If someone is asked to give a toast at a colleague's farewell luncheon, my guess is they spend nowhere near eight times the amount of airtime practicing that toast. That 15-minute presentation to your team about the new review process? Also, nowhere near two hours spent practicing for that. And you know what? It probably shows.
We sometimes have this idea that some people are excellent speakers or even natural public speakers, and some are not. And maybe some people are more inclined that way than others. But the biggest difference between people who seem to be good at speaking and those who aren't is how much time the good speakers spend preparing and practicing.
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Chapter 2: What is the 8x rule for preparing presentations?
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2%. That's the number of people who take the stairs when there is also an escalator available. I'm Michael Easter. And on my podcast, 2%, I break down the science of mental toughness, fitness, and building resilience in our strange modern world.
Put yourself through some hardships and you will come out on the other side a happier, more fulfilled, healthier person.
Listen to 2%, that's T-W-O percent, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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