Performance

Perform: The You-est You

June 28, 2019
5 min read

I recently saw a speaker enter the room with a set of tools so specialized that there was no possible way for anyone else to have given that talk. 

It wasn't that he was speaking about ideas that had never before been stated or even that he was any more interesting as a person than other people.  What he was, was a completely true representation of himself. 

Sure, he had done the work to become a great speaker.  But that isn't what I will remember.  I remember what he came to teach and I'll remember him -- the guy.  That was one hell of a performance.

No one can do you as well as you.  No one knows what you think and what you know as well as you.  And absolutely no one has a voice like yours.

Gina Razón is the principal voice specialist at GROW Voice LLC, a full-service voice and speech studio in Boston’s Back Bay.  She has over 16 years of experience both as a teacher of voice and speech, and a voraciously curious voice user.  Gina has worked professionally as a classical singer for over a decade and more recently as a professional public speaker.  For more information on the studio or to book Gina visit www.growvoice.com.

 

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