Ep #201: Shelley Goldstein: How to Lead When You’re Afraid to Speak
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Business Growth Architect Show: Founders of the Future
27 min
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7 chapters
transcribed 16 days ago
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Be the speaker you want to hear. Спекинг онс труд і летін заномос. Sometimes leadership is listening to motivate and encourage people. Спасифіті із бетті викина. There's a disconnect between what they've built and articulating that vision. Your stories, your journey, that's where our ideas live.
And welcome back.
Can you lead a movement if you’re afraid to use your own voice?
Can you really lead a movement if you are afraid to use your own voice? And answering this question is Shelley Goldstein, the architect and founder of Remarkable Speaking. Shelley, dive right in.
B, what a very important question. Speaking one's truth and leading. They're they're synonymous in a sense. It's important we share our beliefs and our ideas to lead, to inspire, but a good portion of that is listening. Speaking isn't always being the loudest person in the room necessarily or having the right words all the time. Sometimes leadership is listening. To help her not only understand others But that's in a sense where you can actually motivate and encourage people as a leader.
So are you saying, Shelley, that sometimes the best part about being a powerful speaker is not to say anything at all?
Absolutely. Counterintuitive, right?
Tell us more about that, because I think that's where we exactly want to live here on this show today, is we think we're doing a show on talking and now we are doing a show on listening. Why does this matter so much right now?
Well, specificity is brevity. The consolidation or economy of words is really an effect where you can have the most power. So sometimes to get to that brevity, to get to that important statement or belief is doing a lot of research. And by that it's being curious, asking questions, asking questions of others as well as things that you're doing to get more information to distill it down to an effective message. This is the essence of what I want to say.
So as the as the architect and founder of Remarkable Speaking. You work with a lot of of of speaker speakers or leaders. Why do people come to you? What do they hope to accomplish?
Well, leaders come to me because they're very powerful, successful people. They've built companies, they're leading Fortune 100, 500 companies, they have tremendous power and a big audience. But there's a disconnect between what they've built. And getting out there and articulating that vision and speaking to people. How does that come together? And I have sort of found a niche working with people of that ilk because I'm not just going to be another person to tell them to smile more or improve your hand gestures. I really get to the essence of what is holding you back, what is preventing you from crawling. So In articulating that vision. It's there and I might be telling you something you don't want to hear.
Or no one else has told you.
Why do powerful leaders struggle to articulate the vision they’ve built?
But that's another challenge for people that build their whole lives around risks and challenges.
Why is it so difficult for us to put our own vision into words? Should that not be really comfortable? Like if somebody says, What do you want? What's your vision? Should I not be able to say that? What is it that's so difficult about that?
Not taking a few seconds, when I say seconds, in thirty seconds to think about what is it What is my big idea here? What do I want to share with people? What do I want my audience to know right now? And taking 30 seconds to articulate that statement. That is all you need to do before you walk into a room. What do I want everybody to know today? And instead we show up. The difficult thing is we think it has to be a big explanation. And believe me, I'm a storyteller. I think stories are an important part of this. But you don't want to come out of the gate with so much detail, with so much information that people are swimming and drowning in details and not knowing really why they're here.
Is this about performing versus substance?
Well, I hope it's not performing. Unless you are an Academy Award actor and trained professionally as an actor, life is not a performance. I hope you're showing up as yourself.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:39
2
Can you lead a movement if you’re afraid to use your own voice?
0:39–3:36
3
Why do powerful leaders struggle to articulate the vision they’ve built?
3:36–10:17
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What makes it so hard to put your own vision into clear, concise words?
10:17–16:38
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How does Shelley’s 4‑minute drill help you clarify your message in seconds?
16:38–19:43
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Is authentic speaking about substance more important than performing like an actor?
19:43–22:58
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Should you rely on ChatGPT for your speech, or does it dilute your personal voice?
22:58–27:16