SPI 889: Ultraspeaking with Tristan de Montebello

I was trying to learn how to be a better speaker, but I wanted to be a better speaker everywhere. I wanted to feel comfortable in any scenario, whether I was asked to give a toast or hanging out with a group of strangers. And what I found out was most of what was taught out there is not really helping us with spontaneous speaking, like If you have the time to think, if you're writing your texts as you're dating, you can think for three hours before you get the witty text out. But when you're at a coffee shop or on a walk with someone and they say something, you have to speak right away.

And that's when things become problematic. So if you're fully living your life and you're fully able to communicate, you're filling up your bubble completely. People around you feel more comfortable. You are more influential, more impactful, more connecting.

And what I find is that so many people are walking around the world just filling up this tiny little portion of that bubble. But if you realize that no, no, no, communication is a skill, just like any other, The more you lean into it, the more you start learning it, the more fun it becomes, the more easeful life in general becomes. And as a result, all of the other ventures, when you add everything in, this is the superpower. It's the superpower that allows you to flow in anything, whether you're doing videos or meeting people or connecting in your local community.

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