Wednesday, February 24, 2021

TOPIC 6 - WEEK 1 - PM ACTIVITY 1 - SMART goals

 Lose weight


Specific:

calculate how much calories my body needs for one day and reduce the intake by 500.

replace driving to and from work to walk instead.

Measurable:

mark down the weight every morning after wake and every night before sleep.

Achievable:

Lose 2kg minimum weight in four weeks time.

Relevant:

Be more healthy and avoid issues that could cause by overweight.

Time-bound:

By the end of this year 2021, I will get rid of 10kg's weight and be consistence through out the year.

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

How to speak so that people want to listen

 How to speak so that people want to listen

There are seven sins of speaking that could stopping people from listening.

7 deadly sins of speaking

Gossip-speaking ill of somebody who's not present

Judging

Negativity

Complaining

Excuses

lying

Dogmatism

we speak not very well to people who simply aren't listening in an environment that's all about noise and bad acoustics.


In order to make people listen, there are four powerful points that could follow.

4 powerful speaking

HAIL-To greet or acclaim enthusiastically

Honestly-Be clear and straight

Authenticity- Be yourself

Integrity-Be your word

Love-Wish them well

The world would sound beautiful if we were creating sound consciously and consuming sound consciously and designing all our environments consciously for sound.


The above elements are not enough if you want people to listen to you, what your say it and how you say it is also important.

Toolbox of what you said

Register-the way you say it

Timbre-the way your voice feels

Prosody-meta language, monotone 

Pace-quick for excitement or slow for emphasizing

Pitch-indicates arousal

Volume-high volume for excitement or quiet for paying attention


warming up before you speak is also important, with all the preparation, you want to give it smoothly. so, warm up your voice.

Warm up your voice before speaking

repeat arms up, deep breath in and sign out.

warm up lips by repeating Ba and Brr.

warm up tongue by repeating La and Rrr.

repeating high volume We and low volume Aw.