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If you’ve done what I’ve asked you should be feeling pretty comfortable now fairly confident about your introduction your ability to introduce yourself in front of small groups or large groups.

Now let’s do one more test.

I want you to take that best video that you made of yourself and I want you to e-mail it to several friends.

But I want to do in a particular way I want you to call a friend.

Email it to the right then and say Hey Bill or Sandy.

I just e-mailed you some.

Can you take a quick look.

I just need your feedback.

It’s only 30 seconds long.

Ideally they’re at a computer they’re at a desktop or some place where they can actually click on it watch it hear it while you’re on the phone.

And then right after they’ve heard it and you can hear it coming through the phone ask them how he is one of you.

Give me some feedback.

What did you like about that.

What do you remember about it.

See what they say and if they just say oh you know everything’s professional that’s great means we probably didn’t say something interesting.

You want them talking about the specific thing you mentioned the hook.

You also want them say well you seem relaxed comfortable.

Ideally you have them comment that they didn’t even know you had that special report or that book or that special white paper you’re giving away.

They like it themselves.

I would also ask if there’s anything they don’t like if they say well you seem scared or that the product you’re giving me sounds really cheesy it sounds like an infomercial.

Listen to.

Doesn’t mean I would change everything just based on what one person says.

But here’s my challenge Joe I want you to call five people try to talk to at least three.

Let’s get some independent verification you already feel good about your introduction because you’ve watched it you practiced it and watched it to the point where you like it.

But if you have independent verification from others telling you what the message is that they get it that they like it.

You’re coming across well that’s going to further boost your confidence and you’re going to be fantastic the next time you have to introduce yourself.

But there’s also a possibility that you are missing something that you’re using an accurate camera initial.

And this is this is frankly a big problem with a lot of associations.

Hi I’m T.J.

Walker CSP and I love about well no one outside the couple thousand members of the Professional Speakers Association know what CSP is and it’s just confusing my advice other than MDA or JD I wouldn’t use any initials when introducing yourself that I wouldn’t even use those initials.

By the way I’m not a CSP I don’t want anyone thinking I’m inflating credentials here.

So I want you to call five friends associates colleagues send them the video ask them to watch it right then you want the immediate feedback their immediate response.

Do that right now.