Deeper Truth for Wider Success
A Lesson Presidential Candidates Could Learn
“Aloof.” “Out of touch.” “No Passion.” “A stick.” “Can’t connect with regular people.”
These are some of the comments and criticisms one hears about some of the current field of presidential candidates gearing up for the 2012 election, including even President Obama, who seems to give great speeches, but has trouble relating in small groups at a human level.
My Cure For Candidate Disconnect
Coincidentally, or perhaps serendipitously, I may have found a solution for these difficulties some of the candidates have in relating to voters. As the campaign begins in earnest, even though the Republicans are still picking their nominee, and the primary debates are revealing some of these deficiencies to a wider audience than usual, a 1980s tape program of mine reminded me of some answers to this very challenge. It’s on a segment called Prosperous Speaking from my bestselling motivational tape album, Moneylove, produced through Nightingale-Conant and no longer available (except in used copies offered on eBay and other sites).
The coincidence is that, just as this issue is becoming more commonly discussed among pundits, I was deciding on my newest program for my monthly Moneylove Club audio (see details of club by clicking on the Join Moneylove Club link at the top of this page). I am in the process of converting that earlier tape album into a digital mp3 file format. My favorite track from that program was the one on speaking, so I decided to create an annotated audio version of it for my subscription members as this month’s offering. I included the original tape track, broken up into cogent segments followed by some new ideas and comments I added on. In listening to the final edit before sending it out, I realized one three minute segment really could really help those candidates who seem to need more skill at connecting on a human level.
I really believe that if anyone just listened to this short audio segment and started applying it whenever he or she had to speak to another person, a small group, or a large audience, it would change the dynamic in a positive, more impactful way. Listen yourself and see if you don’t agree. And feel free to pass it on to your friends and any candidate you happen to encounter. It starts out with the original material, followed by my new comments.
http://MoneyloveBlog.com/GilliesOnSpeakingTruth.mp3
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