Do you know Earl? He’s a nice guy, the kind of fellow you don’t mind listening to when you have lots of time. If you just stand there, Earl will give you the blow-by-blow of his latest project or catastrophe or nightmare…as your mind wanders…

You probably don’t talk as much as Earl, but do you have other habits that keep people from really hearing what you’re saying? The truth is most of us do. Add to that interruptions, noise of the air conditioner, people coming and going. Those things make it hard to keep someone’s attention, let alone have them focus on your words.

But these aren’t the only things that makes us hard to listen to. In fact, the list of what can keep us from hearing one another, really hearing, is long. With all the barriers to understanding (environment, habits, attitudes), it’s a wonder we communicate as well as we do!

When your message is important–especially in a business situation–you want the listener to hear what you have to say, and “get it.” In this increasingly noisy world with more competition for our time, we need to use every thing at our disposal to be heard correctly.

When you follow the seven steps to getting your message heard, you will be.

The special report is just to your right. You can download it immediately.

I welcome your thoughts. We all need feedback to make sure what we’re saying is of interest. What concerns do you have about speaking? What else would you like to have added to either this blog or to the report? Thank you for being a follower.