E43 - "You are on Mute" Awareness and Communication lessons from 2020.

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Often times we get to talking and assume that our audience is mesmerized by what comes out of our mouth. We just keep talking and talking and completely ignore the reception of the message from the audience. How nice would it be if there were signals that would allow the speaker to stop and realize that they are disconnected with their audience?

I ran this exercise on a Virtual Workshop that I conducted about Effective Communication. Half way through my speech I muted myself on purpose and continued to speak. In a matter of 2 seconds, everyone started saying “you are on mute” and signaling with their hands that they could not hear me.

I told the audience that I was thankful that they gave me the signal and allowed me to reconnect with them with my message. However, often times as we communicate, we are not as lucky in receiving these signals. That means that as speakers we go through the illusion of communicating and are not aware of how well the message is received.

Pausing, asking questions, engaging your audience, looking at their body language and facial expressions are some signals that as speakers we can look for as we communicate. These signals will tell us whether “We are on Mute” and have lost the interest of the listeners.

The ability to Mute/BAN distractions in a CONFERENCE CALL and in your LIFE.

We have all been in conference calls where someone was oblivious to the speaker and their noise, distractions, or side conversations interrupted your message. This happened even after you kindly reminded everyone to please be on Mute at the beginning of the presentation unless they were speaking.

You can tell how that distraction can mess up your flow, get your off track on what you were trying to accomplish. As a host YOU have a CHOICE, You can remind them to please be on mute, and if that does not work you can quickly mute them so that they cannot bother you and the rest of the audience, and if that does not work then you can KICK THEM OUT of the meeting, because you are the HOST.

Now, let’s apply this to our own lives. How many times do we get distracted by things or people that throws us off track? The lesson for all of us here is that as HOSTS of our own lives, we have a CHOICE, we can allow these distractions to be part of our lives and continue be off track, or we can MUTE/BAN them and shift our focus back to our purpose. The choice is ours.

As you embark on your 2021 Journey, remember to intentionally look out for signals so you can better connect with your audience, and EMPOWER yourself, as the HOST of your Life, by Muting/Banning distractions from your day to day life and EMPOWER YOU to Success.

Have a Happy New Year!!!

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