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You would actually, your body language would fall into place naturally
and I think that's where you really want to be,
and I think one of the reasons that we don't do it is the tall poppy syndrome.
Before you point out, I know that's not a poppy,
I couldn't find a picture of a tall poppy on the Internet, that was the, I typed in tall poppy and that's what I got
It's the tall sunflower syndrome, erm,
I think, The tall poppy syndrome, I think really from childhood where told, don't stick your head above the parapet,
You'll get shot at, yeah, have you, I mean, you, you get told stay down here with us,
above your station, absolutely, you know, the problem is, that's what you see when people get up to speak,
because they think, these are my mates, these are my peers, these are you know,
i'm just, I'm just little old me, so, you know, especially when, I think it's sad when you see,
for example, a very very tall person walking around like that stooping, how often do you see that?
that's really sad
That person should be proud of their height, stand tall, ok, you're taller than everybody else, work with it
And I think the same thing happens when people get up to talk, they get, a kind of,
an uncertain and nervousness and it's in the build, it's the tall poppy syndrome,
someone is somewhere in the back of their head saying, no, you shouldn't be up there, I mean it's just,
The thing is you've got to be, when you need to present you've got to take charge of that situation,
You've got to own that situation, and, luckily for me, I cut my teeth as a lecturer,
so I've been teaching large groups of teenage kids Who, you know, they give you a hard time you know,
120 in a class, it was just an exercise in containment really, stopping them from spinning on chairs or throwing chairs, you know,
you know, that's where I started so, my classroom management skills were born out of that
so you've got to take, you've got to find it in yourself I think to own the situation at least while you're up there because otherwise,
if I couldn't stand here with confidence and tell you what I want to tell you i'd be doing you a disservice
because at the end of the day you want someone not to waste your time, you want someone to get up, do it, do it well, and sit down again,
but while they're up they should be up and they should be engaging with you,
not looking like they're frightened to be up and I know it's natural, that's the tall sunflower syndrome which we've now re coined
Before you point out I know that's not a poppy,
I typed in tall poppy and that's what I got