>> Get The Book (Buy Back Your Time): https://bit.ly/3pCTG78 >> Subscribe to My Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3Speaking like a CEO isn’t about being loud, it’s about being clear, engaging, and impactful.In this episode, I break down the 5 principles used by the top 1% of speakers, and show you exactly how I use them in real life.From the top podcasts to $100K keynotes around the world, these tools work anywhere.If you want to become a better speaker, whether you’re starting from scratch or leveling up, this is your blueprint.
Chapter 1: What are the five principles of top 1% speakers?
Speaking like a CEO isn't about screaming at the top of your lungs trying to keep people's attention. It's about knowing how to keep people engaged. So I'm going to give you the five principles of top 1% speakers and show you exactly how I apply them in real life to everything from podcasts to $100,000 keynotes I give around the world.
These principles help you become a better speaker today, even if you're just getting started. Welcome to the Martell Method. I went from rehab at 17 to building a hundred million dollar empire and being a Wall Street Journal best-selling author. In this podcast I'll show you exactly how to build a life and business you don't grow to hate. My best-selling book Buy Back Your Time is out now.
Grab a copy at buybackyourtime.com or at any of your preferred online retailers. Starting with principle number one, embrace the nerves. See, I understand public speaking is one of the scariest things for people. Most people would rather be in the casket than present the eulogy on stage. But it doesn't mean that you have to let your nerves get the best of you.
Chapter 2: How can I overcome public speaking nerves?
anything, anxiety and excitement are the same emotion. So what I do is I use that emotion. I go to gratitude. I always flip it and say, how can I be grateful for this opportunity to serve these people? See, when you reframe your thinking around the nerves that you've got, and instead of being like, oh my gosh, what if I mess up? Instead you say, oh, this just means I really care.
Then it makes it less about you and more about how you show up for the audience. I believe that fear is false evidence appearing real. Are you gonna lose everything you've ever created up to this point if you mess up? No. Is everybody gonna call you out on social media that you're the worst speaker ever in the history of mankind? No.
You wanna tell yourself that those feelings are absolutely the reason why you're gonna kick butt on stage. There's no motion without emotion. So the fact that you're nervous means they're gonna feel that energy of excitement and it's why you're gonna be rated one of the top speakers. Which brings us to principle number two, know your shit.
Chapter 3: Why is knowing your topic crucial for effective speaking?
I would never give a talk on something I'm not an expert in. Sure, if somebody asks me a question, I'll give them an answer, but I'm not gonna do a disservice to all the professionals out there and the real experts by giving a keynote on something I haven't put 10,000 hours in. It's why I only talk about buying back my time. I only talk about scaling companies.
These are things I have thousands of hours of experience in, serving people, doing it myself, and I've studied them. You don't rise to the occasion. You fall to the level of your preparation. So people that try to wing it, of course, you're going to mess it up. Winging it is for the birds, not the speakers. So these are some of my ideas. When I give a talk, I need to perfect how I start.
Where do I want to end up and how do I end? If you get the first minute figured out and you know how you're going to transition everything you shared at the very end so that you can leave them with a clear call to action, that will help you feel so frigging confident. And then I do a visual outline where I sit there and I map out exactly the beats of my stories.
Chapter 4: How can I structure my speech for maximum impact?
I don't have to remember everything because I'm telling the story of a life I live. I just need to know what the story is. What's the metaphor I'm going to use to reinforce that? What is the point of that? And how do I leave them with a call to action that gets them to make a decision to change something in their life so they can get a result?
I then use my friends to flashcard me where they'll be like, all right, what's point number one? What's point number three? What's point number two's metaphor? And then that way I'm practicing visually in my mind using the visual diagram I created to practice. That way I can go up on stage with an hour to fill and absolutely nail the beats. The other thing is you gotta study the greats.
Chapter 5: What role do stories play in effective communication?
If you're giving a TED Talk for the first time or you've been asked to even give a presentation at your work, go look at other people that are presenting. Go look at the best people. Go on YouTube, sort by most viewed and just get in the energy of the greats, which brings us to principle number three, tell stories, not facts. I know you have a lot that you wanna share.
You wanna add a lot of value, but don't make this mistake. People will not remember what you said, but they will remember how you made them feel. What's cool about stories is they do three things. Number one is they position you as an expert.
When you're sharing your own personal story or you're reporting on something that you read or you saw, you're demonstrating the depth of experience you have around that topic, which makes you the expert in their mind. The second thing is that it creates the glue of their learning. People may remember the action you told them to do based on the story.
They're going to be like, man, I love that cowboy story, but they'll know that cowboy story is a point to actually go for the thing they want to get in life because you use the feeling of the story to glue in the activity and the action that you wanted them to take. And the third is that it fills time as needed.
If I've got an extra 30 minutes, like it happened to me one time when I was speaking at Tony Robbins stage and all of a sudden they said, oh no, you don't have six, you have 90 minutes. and I had to fill an extra 30 minutes, I just decided to tell longer stories to really let the feelings be felt before I moved on, which filled time.
And I did that for the three stories and points I was teaching, which added to that extra 30 minutes. And it was great for the audience and for myself because I didn't stress out. And if you don't have a story to tell, use an analogy or a metaphor or a simile, and if you don't know which ones to tell, just hit chat GPT. Literally, you can say, I need a metaphor for this concept. What do you got?
Tell me about it. How would I present it in 10 minutes? It'll give you the talking beat so you can reinforce your point. When you understand story, sell, facts, tell, and using stories are going to be the reason that people are going to book you for more speaking, give you more opportunities and buy whatever product you might have or service. That is why you need to go all in on storytelling.
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My whole philosophy is this, focus on serving the audience, not impressing them. See the reason why people get stressed out and freak out is because they're worried about how they're gonna look.
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