{"id":1121,"date":"2019-09-21T10:15:16","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T14:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/?p=1121"},"modified":"2021-01-24T11:55:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T16:55:08","slug":"being-quiet-can-be-a-storytelling-power-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/being-quiet-can-be-a-storytelling-power-move\/1121","title":{"rendered":"Being quiet can be a storytelling power move"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"610\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shhh.jpg\" alt=\"The power of shhhhhhhh\" class=\"wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shhh.jpg 610w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shhh-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/shhh-298x235.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps the hardest part of telling a business story is resisting the temptation to finish your story yourself. I call this &#8220;The Power of Shhhhh.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s where you stop talking. Be quiet. Let your story and its lessons sink in.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People hate a vacuum, and will often rush to fill it with their own conclusions.  When people jump in at the end to tell you what they&#8217;ve learned from your story&#8230;and then recommend the next steps to take &#8212; you&#8217;ve told the right story to the right audience, at the right time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next time you tell a story, take your moment of silence. Try using the Power of Shhhhh to let your audience finish your story for you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Being quiet can be a storytelling power move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laura Bergells is a professional story finder. She writes, coaches, teaches, and speaks.&nbsp;Check out her online courses at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin-learning.pxf.io\/MdWLq\">LinkedIn Learning<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you\u2019re a LinkedIn Premium or Lynda.com member, <a href=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/online-classes\">these courses are free<\/a>! If you\u2019re not a member, you can either become a member or buy each of these classes\u00a0<em><strong>\u00e0 la carte<\/strong><\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Need a LIVE Zoom consult?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Get feedback on your next on-camera presentation or interview <br>Feel confident before you present<br><a href=\"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/contact\">Book your complementary half-hour Zoom session today!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the hardest part of telling a business story is resisting the temptation to finish your story yourself. I call this &#8220;The Power of Shhhhh.&#8221; It&#8217;s where you stop talking. Be quiet. Let your story and its lessons sink in. People hate a vacuum, and will often rush to fill it with their own conclusions. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,4,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-communication","category-presentation","category-public-speaking","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1121"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1368,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1121\/revisions\/1368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maniactive.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}