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Linda Has The Power To Change Lives With A Dose Of Inspiration Along The Way

How to Tame the Joy-Stealing Dragons in Life and Business

We all have self-sabotaging patterns that keep us stressed and overwhelmed. If we're not careful we let these habits overtake us and lose our joy. Without joy you cannot succeed in life or in business. Find out what they are and what to do.

Laugh Your Way to Joy

Stress can have a detrimental impact on all areas of life. Staying stuck in stress can affect careers, relationships, and health. During this interactive presentation you will understand why it is critical to deal with unhealthy stress, what the cost of stress is on your life, and experience tools that can be used in everyday life to reduce stress.

See Linda In Action

Linda is available to speak on podcasts, at workshops, private events, large seminars or as a keynote speaker on topics ranging from How to Tame the Joy-Stealing Dragons in Life and Business to Laugh Your Way to Joy.

What is Linda Varone's presentation?

A presentation by Linda Varone to your employees or organization members will show them how to improve their home office. Her presentations are generously illustrated with photo slides and keeper handouts.

Who is Linda Varone?

As a professional speaker, Linda Varone has inspired audiences nationwide to improve productivity and communication through enlightened home office design. She shows participants how to apply the insights of interior psychology (the often-overlooked human factor in design) through practical ideas, real-life examples, and humor.

The truth about sounding smart

If being perceived as smart & competent is crucial to you (and it should be if you want to achieve success), make sure you’re doing it right.

Describe smart

Smart folks are those who can make any topic, no matter the complexity, easy and fun for listeners to understand. They’re concise when delivering their message. They sound authoritative yet warm and they have a strong and consistent verbal brand.

How to Sound Smart

Use simple terminology. Stop thinking the use of big words will make you appear smart. Instead, it makes you look insecure in your intelligence.

Use simple terminology

You can of course improve your vocabulary. I get an email every day with a new word. But if you use them when attempting to be influential you won’t sound smart, you’ll sound pompous. use complex words every now and again, that’s fine. but smart people don’t try to make others feel bad by demonstrating their extensive vocabulary.

You Can Easily Sound Smart

You can do this by using a voice that gets people to feel relaxed and open (super easy to do), it’s about using a charming style that instantly relaxes people and gets them to believe you. And you can make sure you know how to speak clearly.

3 Steps to Sounding Smart

Follow these three steps and you’ll be sounding like a smarty pants in no time.

Breathe

The next thing you need to do is BREATHE. Don’t use shallow breathing where your chest and shoulders move (check yourself in the mirror.) Instead, use abdominal breathing where your stomach goes out when you breathe in and in when you breathe out. Abdominal breathing gives you a fuller voice and is more resonant than the one you are using now.

How to use eloquence?

1. Stand or sit with spine straight but relaxed. Eloquence is more than just how you use language. It's also how you use your body language. The position of your back is the foundation of your body language and therefore the root of your eloquence. Slumping communicates a lack of confidence in yourself and your words.

How to add power to a word?

Add power to your words by moving your body appropriately. For example, if you're speaking to a group from a stage, you might move from one spot to another to signal that you're introducing a new idea. Similarly, when sitting at the conference table, incline forward slightly when you want to emphasize a point.

Is eloquence meaningful?

Eloquence is meaningful only if people are listening to you, and they won't listen if you're thinking about something else or if your eyes are wandering all over the room. Eloquence without attention is mere speechifying.

Is silence golden?

Silence isn't just golden; it's also the crowning glory of eloquence. For example, a slight pause before you're about to say something important create suspense. It leads your audience to "hang on your every word."