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I got on the bus!

Think like a tree 🌳

There are many ways to use your voice and vocal variety to support your message and take your audience on a journey.

Nerves, how beautiful.
They say if you are not nervous, you are not ready.

We are a bag of chemicals, your body is gearing you up, use that energy to propel yourself forward.

Trust the body, let it do its job, you focus on yours.

I always get nervous before a presentation or workshop, there's always that fear of the unknown or imposter syndrome, take a deep breath and go do your best!

Attention spans and ability to focus are at an all time low, make sure you have an attention grabbing opening in your speeches and presentations!

What are your first words?

They say practice makes perfect.

What are you practising on?
Can you talk about it effectively?
Let me know below 👇

The world is full of ideas, you'll hear lots of opinions and comments.
Before you subscribe to a thought, try these 4 Vs:

* Vichaar - Think. Is it true? Does it inform me?
* Vairagya - Be Objective. Is it kind? Is it helpful?
* Vivek - Be Discerning. What's the source? Can it be verified?
* Vaani - Speak it Out. Can you articulate it? Can you communicate the message?

* Vichaar, Vairagya, Vivek, Vaani *

It is said that there are three phases to an idea.

First, we think it, a cognition occurs and a thought manifests in our mind.

Then sometimes we write it down, putting pen to paper has been one of the great contributors to passing on knowledge throughout history.

Often the third is forgotten, and that is to say it out loud.
Using our oratory capacity to communicate is the most powerful and most effective way to progress ideas and influence ideas.

Make your thoughts real;
Think, Write, Speak

We remember them.
The words that I remember from Revd James Power this week, at St Lawrence Jewry Church, Guildhall, where I was invited to speak at the City of London's Multi-Faith Service commemorating those that have served in WW1, WW2 whilst also remembering those that have been affected by COVID-19.

I was honoured to offer reflections from the faith and speak on how we live by our karma. and what better karma there is than to serve your country, your kin, to serve mankind.

Considered expendable and therefore often the frontline, the valiant British troops regularly consisted of my undivided ancestors.
So much so that did you know, 1 in 6 British troops were brown-skinned? The contributions our Indian ancestors made to the British army are unparalleled and fundamental to the end result. In fact, the Indian contribution forms the largest voluntary army in history, we remember them all right!
Over 750k Hindus fought in WW1 and over 1.25m in WW2. Amongst those would have been my great grandfather who earned an OBE for service as a British Medical doctor. The OBE I still have today, which I shall one day pass onto my grandchildren and tell them of the contributions our lineage has served to humanity.

A deep and meaningful service in the City this week, where alongside the Red of the , I was able to highlight the saffron of the , the Flower of remembrance for the Indian allies.

Thanks also to Bimmi Rai, Rabbi Shalom Morris, & Yassar Abbas, representing the other major faiths.

I left the congregation on a Sanskrit shloka: Vasudeva Kutumbakum, which means The whole world is one family.

Humbled to represent and share in ideas that matter.

Namaste

the man in the arena..