TK Hamilton » opportunity http://www.tkhamilton.com Work & More Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:57:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 lost voice = found opportunity? http://www.tkhamilton.com/lost-voice-found-opportunity/ http://www.tkhamilton.com/lost-voice-found-opportunity/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:15:56 +0000 todd http://www.tkhamilton.com/?p=67 So, my voice is gone, I’ve got a cold, and now I can’t talk.  I am highly amused by this as it couldn’t come at a worse time.  I have never been busier, had more meetings scheduled, needed my voice … Continue reading →

]]> So, my voice is gone, I’ve got a cold, and now I can’t talk.  I am highly amused by this as it couldn’t come at a worse time.  I have never been busier, had more meetings scheduled, needed my voice more.  But what I am discovering, is that it’s forcing me to think about my engagements with people in a new way.  Instead of just rambling on as I usually do (quit succesfully, imho), I have to really think to myself:  how can communicate this in a clear concise fashion, without typing an essay.

My former business coach,  Alan Isaacs, would have me rewrite ANY business text over and over like this.  If I wrote an elevator pitch in 1 paragraph he would tell me to make it 3 sentences.  Then he would tell me to make it 1 sentence, and then, we would omit all the useless words.  Of course we were oversimplifying all of it, but the result was the most clear and concise the ideas would ever be.  Now, if only I wrote my blog posts that way :)

So, I’ve lost my voice and found an opportunity to practice clarity.  I’m actually enjoying it.

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