What's up Explearners welcome to my channel I'm so happy that you here in
today's video we're talking about how to get to your point so that people will
listen if you're interested in finding out more stay tuned
one of the biggest communication challenges that I see with both men and
women across industries is the inability to get to a point sometimes people just
take way too long to get to the point to get to the punchline to get to the so
what so what do we do about that how do we fix it well today I have three
frameworks that you can use starting right now to help you get to your point
and if you don't know how to get to the point this will allow you to figure out
what that point is so that you'll be able to express it without getting
interrupted right it's really important because you don't want people thinking
to themselves can you just cut to the chase already what is this about right
we don't want people asking that question when they're interacting with
us some people think that they're entitled to beat around the bush and
hold on to the attention of the audience for as long as possible so they can
ramble on without ever really getting to the point well unfortunately for them
regardless of your status if you're not able to get to your point and
communicate effectively then your message will not be conveyed clearly and
succinctly and purposefully so we're gonna talk about ways of getting to the
point using this three framework set up well I don't really know I guess what
I'm trying to say is you know let me let me get back to you on that I don't
really know actually okay so we've heard these kinds of hedging
devices before right ways of beating around the bush of latching onto the
audience's attention but not really getting to the point and if you're on
the receiving end of that communication you're just frustrated and wondering
okay what is the point of this and if you
person expressing yourself in that way well I have good news for you
these strategies these three frameworks are gonna help you get to your point are
you ready so you may be wondering okay well what's the big idea why is it so
important that I get to my point well here's why if you dilly-dally then
people are probably not going to take you seriously and to you'll increase the
likelihood of getting interrupted studies show that women on a whole are
more likely to get interrupted than men now it happens to both men and women but
recent studies show that that's actually more harmful to women not getting to the
point in fear of getting interrupted right what you may be thinking oh it's
not the end of the world but it is because if you cannot communicate if you
cannot get your message out there in social interaction in a meeting and a
public speaking engagement then that's actually a big issue so the first
framework is SFI that stands for a statement
facts and insight so how does it work you make a statement or a claim then you
back it up with substantial information evidence facts that are tangible so
numbers anecdotes testimonials something that will show the importance of this
statement and then you follow up with the insight which is answering the
question so what the other framework framework number two that you can use is
called what now then so first you set it up you set up the environment what's the
big idea anyway then you talk about why it's relevant and important in this
moment and you follow it up with the next steps what is the plan of action
what steps are we going to take to rectify the problem and my last
framework that you can use to get to your point number three know thyself
know the audience when we have self-awareness
we are cognizant of our strengths and our weaknesses as a communicator this is
really important because it allows us to be aware of what we need to be mindful
of when communicating so if one of your weaknesses as a communicator is not
being able to get to the point then when you're trying to convey something that's
really important if you want people to listen to without getting interrupted
without getting heckled then you're able to switch that on in your brain keep it
in the back of your mind and be as succinct and concise and clear as
possible so once you have that self-awareness you're able to take note
of it and work on it and of course when making any point you have to keep your
audience in mind who they are what they like why they're there because you don't
want there to be a gap in understanding so remember you have to be aware of Who
am I speaking with what are they here for what do they want
from me what can I give them right what value
can I add to their lives knowing what I know about these set of people this
group of interlocutors this audience how do you get your message to resonate with
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