How to get people to listen to you - Ben Rosen

Avoid seven things

1. Gossip
2. Speaking negative
3. Judging
4. Complaining
5. Making Excuses and passing on the blame
6. Making exaggerations and embroidery
7. Confusing facts with opinions
Follow HAIL
Honesty, be clear and straight
Authenticity, be yourself
Integrity, be your word
Love, wish them well
Register- use depth and power with your voice
Timbre- sound rich, smooth, warm
Prosody- the way you vary your voice
Pace- slow down speech to emphasize a point
Silence- is okay, better than uhms, can be powerful
Pitch- can change the way you convey a message
Volume- the more quiet you are the more one has to pay attention