Terri K O 🍁<p>Related to this post suggesting that we should recognize the effort it takes to be a good speaker:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@xahteiwi/110668780756704558" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@xahteiwi/1106</span><span class="invisible">68780756704558</span></a></p><p>People are often surprised when I respond to compliments on my speaking by saying, "thank you, I spent a lot of time giving talks to get to this point." </p><p>I was *not* a natural speaker and it took years and years of practice, experimenting with styles, getting feedback from colleagues and experts, learning graphic design for slides, giving talks monthly, etc. to get there. If you're into that "10,000 hours to mastery" heuristic, I absolutely put in those hours. It's "easy" now but it wasn't always.</p><p>But at least it's not as funny as when people compliment me on the state of my house and I'm all like, "hiring a housekeeping service is the secret to a happy marriage" 😅</p><p><a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/PublicSpeaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSpeaking</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/compliments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compliments</span></a> <a href="https://social.afront.org/tags/LifeTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LifeTips</span></a></p>