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PROFESSIONALS WHO SPEAK MUST
PRACTICE
Susan Trivers – The leading voice on growth and opportunities
Winging it only flies if
you’re a bird
703-790-1424 [email protected] www.susantrivers.com
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Without practice you risk being…
An unorganized mess
Nervous and fearful
Embarrassed by your performance
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High Performers Practice
Professionally
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It’s not difficult to swing a bat. But it’s hard to hit a pitch.
Top hitters practice batting every day for decades.
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Top tennis players …
Whether it’s a practice match or a hitting session, they are committed
to every shot and in between shots, they bounce and stay on their toes at all times.
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Golf tour pros practice by using props to check their alignment, their ball position, their swing plane, their putting path. Their coach provides another set of eyes
to check them. Winning takes practice and a lot of work.
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Cooking and baking contest winners practice seriously: they create recipes reflecting the current trends in flavors, style, accessible ingredients and presentation. And they
taste, taste, taste.
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America's top rose lovers cut the prettiest blossoms off their best plants and travel to the national rose show. They lovingly groom their precious blooms for hours in a frigid hall in order to contend for the highest honor:
the Queen of Show.
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For the first time in my dressage showing career, I practiced this test more than 50 times in advance of
the show. Joey and I earned our highest score ever!
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• Pros practice, practice, practice• In order to perform exceptionally well under
pressure and outsize expectations
• You are a professional who speaks• Others are expecting you to perform under
pressure and outsize expectations.• It is time to practice, practice, practice
Leave winging it to the birds!
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Susan G. Trivers, The Leading Voice on Growth and OpportunityConsulting, coaching, facilitation, speaking
Contact: Trivers Communications Group703-790-1424
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