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Gravitas: Communicate with Confidence, Influence and Authority



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Author: Caroline Goyder

Publisher: Random House UK

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Publish Date: April 1, 2015

ISBN-10: 91954959

Pages: 250

File Type: Epub, Mobi

Language: English

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Book Preface

Have you ever wondered why some people earn attention and respect when they speak and others don’t? The secret to their success can be summed up in one word: gravitas.

In this revolutionary new book, leading voice coach and speaker Caroline Goyder reveals how to speak so others will listen. Through simple techniques to build your natural gravitas, you will learn how to express yourself clearly with passion and confidence to persuade, influence and engage listeners. By being grounded in your values and capabilities, you will gain the authority needed to make people sit up and pay attention.

Each chapter guides you step-by-step through practical techniques and exercises to give you the skills for great presentations, productive meetings and persuasive pitches. You’ll overcome anxiety, learn how to deal with difficult people and feel calm and in control when public speaking.

An essential tool for the modern workplace, Gravitas will transform the way you think about yourself and your powers of communication.

Gravity. Gravitas. The clue is in the name. The Roman virtue gravitas existed long before Isaac Newton named the universal force, but great minds think alike.

Gravitas is about roots and wings. Roots, because gravitas gives you a solid foundation to express yourself with confidence and authority. Gravitas flourishes when you stop struggling to be someone else and plant deep roots in who you are. Wings, because as G. K. Chesterton put it, ‘Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly.’

We can all have gravitas when we speak. The Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius makes it clear: ‘Cultivate these, then, for they are wholly within your power: sincerity and dignity … be temperate in manner and speech; carry yourself with authority.’ What Marcus understood is that gravitas is a trait – software, rather than hardware.1 You can learn to carry yourself with authority, to speak with gravitas and confidence, to influence others. You have to know how, of course, and that’s what this book is about. It will show you practical steps to take to boost your gravitas today, tomorrow and over a lifetime should you wish.

Gravitas allows you to rise to great heights professionally while keeping your feet firmly on the ground. The world notices your substance as well as your style. We listen to you, remember you and act on your words. When you find your roots and your wings the world sits up and pays attention.


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