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It is this moment, isn't it?

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I'm looking at you,[br]and you look like a really nice bunch.

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There's been such great energy.

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I was sitting here for five minutes,[br]and it just feels great in this room.

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You look really friendly enough,[br]so thank you!

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You are looking a bit unsure[br]in a voice coach.

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Don't worry, it's going to be fine.

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And I can see a couple of[br]really brainy TED faces there.

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There's going to be a few ideas, too.

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But it's this moment, when eyes,[br]our worlds, are colliding right now.

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You are looking at me,[br]I am looking at you,

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and it hits my brain[br]with the feeling of adrenaline;

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accelerating molecules, you might say.

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Different people deal with[br]this moment differently.

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Some of us go, "Hey!", you know?

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There are people who are confident,

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they cope with this moment[br]totally fine.

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Then there are other people[br]not so confident,

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and it stops them[br]from speaking this moment;

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It makes them feel anxious,[br]that maybe they are not up to it.

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That is not the case.

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Actually, all of us[br]have confidence within.

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What I want to talk about today

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is the idea that we can find[br]more confidence within us

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if we know where to look.

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Where do we look?

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We go within. We look under the bonnet.

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That's where we are going next.

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And the reason I want to talk[br]about this is because, many years ago,

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I stood in front of an audience[br]this big - bigger - at Central Hall,

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which is by the Houses of Parliament,[br]a really big Methodist space.

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I was super excited about that moment

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because I knew that it was my big moment[br]as a rookie voice coach,

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and I was going to be able to speak.

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I stepped up in front of that audience,

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and what happened was everything[br]that could possibly go wrong did.

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I went too fast, I lost my words.

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It felt like such a horrible experience.

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And just as I thought[br]it couldn't go any worse,

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the microphone broke.

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I looked out across the room,[br]and I said in my big voice coach voice,

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- there wasn't so much wind[br]at the time, I have to say -

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(Laughter)

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I said in my big voice coach voice,[br]"Can you hear me at the back?"

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And someone said, "Speak up!"

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I felt this feeling of absolute shame.

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That feeling of an audience[br]looking at you,

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and a feeling of judgment[br]which cripples us.

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I left that venue, and I thought[br]to myself, "Never again."

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Clearly that didn't work[br]because I am here.

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I also thought I am going to do it[br]differently next time.

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I will make sure that next time[br]I stand up to speak, it feels good.

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Where I had to go was within.

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We live in a really visual culture.

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We spend a lot of time[br]- if you think about two worlds -

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we spend a lot of time[br]thinking about the outside.

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Maybe especially for women.

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Actually, confidence doesn't exist[br]on the outside;

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It exists within, in the visceral stuff,

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in the bits within you that we don't see.

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We are going to go to those bits.

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When I was thinking about[br]this idea three months ago,

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when I was asked to do it,

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I started to feel nervous[br]about this moment,

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I started to think about a quote

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the director Peter Brook had said

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which is that we open[br]new drawers in the self.

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I started to think[br]about a chest of drawers.

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Then I came across this really cool maker

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called George McCallum,[br]who is actually sitting there.

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I said to George, "Can you make me[br]a chest of drawers?

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And he did.

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You might be wondering[br]what this object is.

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And what this object is here[br]is what George made.

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But when you ask a maker[br]to make a chest of drawers,

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they don't always do[br]what you think they are going to do.

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Do you want to see what he did?

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(Laughter)

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Yeah! Thanks George.[br]Best response of the morning.

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Upstaged by the furniture.

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(Laughter)

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Within this little chest of drawers,

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this rather big,[br]manly chest of drawers,

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are three secrets[br]to finding confidence within.

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Three lessons I had to learn on the way.

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There is a big lesson in here.

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The last lesson is the big one.

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We are going to get there,[br]and it's not what you might think.

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It's a lesson that might surprise you.

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But first, would you like[br]to see inside the first drawer?

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(Audience) Yes!

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CG: It's a bit delicate this; George.

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So what we have in here is an instrument.

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Because you just been hearing the voice[br]is the most amazing instrument.

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It's magnificent.

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How often do you think[br]about how yours works?

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Because like this little guitar,[br]it has a string, and it has a hitter.

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Where is the string of your voice?

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Can you put a hand on it?

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Here, give it a shake; it's your larynx.

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Ahhhhh... Can everyone[br]do that for meeee?

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Ahhhhh!

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The hitter is the air.

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When you know[br]that your voice is an instrument,

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what does that tell you?

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People come to me and say,

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"I've a bad voice,"[br]"I am not a good speaker."

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"I get worried about this kind of moment."

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"I hate meetings," "I hate[br]presentations," "Can't do it."

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The voice is an instrument.

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There is not such thing[br]as a bad saxophone, is there?

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Because when we hear a great saxophonist,

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and he is probably somewhere down here,

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what we know[br]is that they've practiced a lot,

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that not only did they have talent[br]but also they have worked,

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and worked, and worked[br]to get a great sound.

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If you ever doubt the sound of your voice,

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let me tell you[br]all you have to do is practice.

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When I was worrying about that moment

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I am going to call my central hall[br]of shame, because it was,

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what I remembered was the story[br]of a guy in Ancient Greece

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called Demosthenes.

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There's a big old name,

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so we're going to call him[br]the Greek dude from now on,

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which actually is also[br]a bit of a big word,

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so we might just call him Dave, I think.

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(Laughter)

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Dave was speaking[br]at the Assembly which is like the O2.

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We have Simon in the room.

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It's like the Brixton Academy[br]of the Ancient Greek world.

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He was feeling pretty nervous.[br]He wanted to be an orator.

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Orators were the rock stars of their day.

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So he geared himself up[br]for this big moment at the Assembly,

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and you know what?

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He bombed.

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They said he was uncouth in his speaking,[br]and that he stammered.

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So the audience jeered at him,[br]and they threw stuff.

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Please don't do that today!

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(Laughter)

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He left that stage feeling so downcast

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when he got a bit of advice from an actor.

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I'm sure Greek actors were[br]pretty much the same as they are now.

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I am sure the actor was a bit like this,[br]but what he said to him was,

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"You need more expression in your voice.

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You are not giving[br]enough welly, enough energy.

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You also need to believe in yourself[br]because the message is good."

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Demosthenes takes himself[br]back home, and he goes for it.

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This is his rocky moment.

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He builds himself an underground cellar.

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He shaves his head - half of his head -

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so that he can't leave[br]the house for three months

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and then he practices[br]for three months solid

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in front of a big shield[br]that is polished like a mirror.

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When he is ready, when he is up there,

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he goes out.

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He goes to the sea,[br]and he speaks over the waves.

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His voice has to boom out over the waves.

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Then, he goes back.[br]He goes back to the Assembly.

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He speaks again,

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and he becomes known[br]as one of the greatest orators of his day.

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What does that tell you?

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It tells you about practice.

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The power of practice.

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You may not want[br]to shave half of your head;

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you may not want to build[br]an underground cellar

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because the council may have words,

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but what you can do is practice.

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And the simplest way[br]to practice is to sing.

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You don't have to do[br]a big, "Mamamamahh!",

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a voice coach warm-up[br]- unless you want to -

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but what I really recommend[br]is that everyday sing somewhere:

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sing in the shower, sing in the car,[br]sing on the tube if you feel brave.

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(Laughter)

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I was at St Thomas' Hospital[br]for a blood test about two weeks ago,

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and there were two women[br]singing in the space

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where the blood test[br]was happening which was lovely.

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So I recommend it.

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Singing is the way to a great voice.

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Practice is the way to a great instrument.

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That's lesson one.

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We have another drawer[br]which we will open in a moment,

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but before we get there, I've a question.

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Say you walk into a room, OK?

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You don't know anybody.

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Some of you may have had[br]that feeling this morning.

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How do you know who the most[br]powerful person in the room is?

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The person with the most confidence,

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that inner confidence[br]that we are going for here?

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How could you tell?

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How they carry themselves.[br]That's lovely, [Lola].

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You are in the same space, aren't you?

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Because you are a singer.

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It is that how they carry themselves.

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Actually, what an actor will tell you[br]is that is about the breath.

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The most powerful person in the room[br]has the most relaxed breathing pattern.

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There is a well-known scientist called[br]Paul Eckman who looks into emotion,

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and he said[br]- which would make actors laugh

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because it seems[br]so straightforward to them

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that maybe isn't to science -

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that he couldn't understand[br]why breath mattered for a long time,

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and his research has explored it,

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until he started to understand[br]that the unconscious system--

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You know I can't control my spleen.

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It is just doing its own thing.

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But I can control my breathing.

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And if I get into my breathing,[br]I get into the unconscious.

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I calm myself down.

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So what's within you is the key[br]to this relaxed, confident power.

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Actors know this

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because when actors are playing King,[br]the King stays really still.

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Everybody moves around the king,

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and that's how you know[br]the king is in charge.

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The next time you fell nervous about[br]something, try that; try getting still.

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Within your body is something[br]that is really the king of the body.

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It's what the Greeks called[br]the center of all expression.

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I bet that 50% of this room[br]has never thought about it.

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Would you like to see what it is?

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Thank you, my still handsome friend.

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We've our lungs, don't we?

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We have this, which is probably not[br]an anatomical representation of a heart,

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but it is nice.

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(Laughter)

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But what's down here? What's this?

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(Audience) The diaphragm?

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CG: Thank you very much! Diaphragm.[br]It is indeed your diaphragm.

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Put your hands up if you have thought[br]about the diaphragm recently.

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Put your hands up if you thought[br]about your diaphragm today.

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Thank you, singers in the room; good.[br]Or actors, or saxophonists.

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Put your hands up if you haven't yet[br]thought about your diaphragm today.

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Yeah, that is quite a large percentage.

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So we don't think about[br]our diaphragms, do we?

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But the diaphragm is the key[br]to regulating your system.

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It is how you calm yourself down

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in that moment when you stand[br]in front of all the eyes.

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It will make you feel confident

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when you most need it,[br]and you'd least feel like it.

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I didn't know anything[br]about my diaphragm.

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I'd learned about it. I knew[br]what it was supposed to look like,

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but I didn't know how it felt.

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Then one day,

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I was feeling really stressed,[br]I was breathing up in my chest.

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I had that kind of squeaky high-voiced[br]adrenaline breathing up in the chest;

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Not good.

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I walked into a yoga class,[br]and the yoga teacher said,

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"You look really stressed."

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Which is never a good start.

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He said, "Lie down on the floor."

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And he laid me down, I closed my eyes,

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expecting some[br]lovely relaxing yoga thing,

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and suddenly, he put[br]a gym weight on my stomach.

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And he said, "Breathe, lift that."

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I did. I breathed in,

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and as I breathed in,

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I had to lift that gym weight[br]with my stomach,

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and my diaphragm shuddered into action.

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Suddenly, I got it.[br]I got how it should feel.

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I got that I didn't need to[br]breathe up here anymore;

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that I could breathe down.

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I'd like to suggest that the diaphragm[br]is the king of confidence.

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Should we find yours?

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We take a thumb--

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Take your thumb and just put it[br]bellow your bra strap.

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Yeah, that's right, sir. You got it.

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(Laughter)

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That's it. With your thumb[br]there, gently push.

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Lawrence Olivier,[br]when he was taught to breathe--

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Lawrence Olivier - you know, the actor?

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was taught to breathe[br]by pushing a grand piano.

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I certainly don't have[br]a grand piano at home.

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London houses don't fit them[br]these days, do they?

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But we can all practice[br]the feeling of pushing a grand piano

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if we breathe in[br]and push your thumb away.

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Now breathe out and push back.

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You are filling up an air balloon[br]in your stomach.

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Now, breathe in,[br]push your thumb away.

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Now breathe out, push it back.

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Welcome to your diaphragm.

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If you put your hand on your ribs,

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your diaphragm goes all the way around.

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You can also fill the rib cages[br]as you breathe in.

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You feel the ribs open as you breathe,

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and close as you breathe out.

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If you are ever nervous about[br]one of these moments, do that.

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Your diaphragm is the key[br]to your confidence.

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So we've two lessons:

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we've the power of practice.[br]we've the importance of the diaphragm.

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There's a third lesson[br]which is the big one.

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It's the one[br]that really makes a difference.

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I started to think about this lesson[br]a couple of weeks ago actually,

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because someone I'd worked with[br]wrote to me.

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She wrote me an email, and she said

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she'd been through[br]the worst possible thing

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that you could imagine[br]happening to someone.

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She had just got married,[br]and was on honeymoon,

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when her husband[br]had a heart attack and died.

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She had to go back to the church[br]they got married in

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and speak a eulogy for this man.

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In fact, she also read a poem[br]that she had written when they first met.

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She said, "On the worst day[br]of my life, I had to put myself together.

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I had to find the energy of celebration[br]for this man who I really loved,

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and the only way to do it[br]was you taught me.

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The skills of breathing low and slow;[br]taking my time,

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getting the control,[br]finding the inner confidence.

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It was the greatest gift[br]that I could give him."

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There are moments in our lives[br]where we have to speak

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not because we have[br]something to say for us

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but because we want[br]to speak for someone else:

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a wedding, a eulogy.

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I would suggest that in those moments,[br]these skills matter more than ever.

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What you need to know[br]in those moments is in this drawer.

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It's breath.

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It's air.

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Why does air matter?

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It's because we breathe our thoughts.

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All speech is our breath.[br]All song is our breath.

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And all in breath is thought.

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Just put a hand back on that diaphragm[br]for a moment, and breathe out.

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Then feel the breath in,

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and as you breathe in,[br]think of someone you really love.

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If we were all to speak[br]on that out breath,

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it would be full of love.

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Now breathe in again,

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and breathe in a feeling of excitement[br]for the day that is going to come

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because it's going to be so good.

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If we were to breathe in[br]and then speak on that feeling,

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then we have excitement in our voices.

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So you can control your voice

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with the idea of breath is thought.

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And it's in Latin,[br]the two worlds: ancient and modern.

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The Romans understood this:

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inspiration and respiration[br]have the same root.

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The Romans understood[br]that we breathe our thoughts.

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Because we speak on the out-breath,

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all you have to think about[br]is the in-breath.

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You know, the simplest way[br]to think about the in-breath:

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close your mouth.

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So who would have thought[br]that the big secret I promised you

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was that if you want[br]confidence in speech,

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all you have to do is to know[br]when to shut your mouth.

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(Laughter)

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Thank you.

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(Applause)