Closing words
If you have a voice, you have a right to speak. But this does not mean that people have an obligation to listen to you.
If you want people to listen, if you want to be heard – that is a privilege that you have to earn. Everyone can earn that privilege if they put in the work. To earn it, you must:
- Do the work it takes to create something of value to say.
- Find a way to say it in an engaging way.
- Give your audience the respect they deserve.
- Make the effort to speak clearly and compellingly.
If you have something to say, silence will not be an option for you. That would be cowardice. Yet some conversations, we know, are complicated, difficult and uncomfortable. They take courage. Prepare well and summon that courage because, for ...
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