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Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.25,0:00:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is this moment, isn't it?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.68,0:00:17.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm looking at you,\Nand you look like a really nice bunch.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.88,0:00:19.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's been such great energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.69,0:00:23.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was sitting here for five minutes,\Nand it just feels great in this room.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.48,0:00:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You look really friendly enough,\Nso thank you!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.44,0:00:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are looking a bit unsure\Nin a voice coach.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.15,0:00:33.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't worry, it's going to be fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.06,0:00:38.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I can see a couple of\Nreally brainy TED faces there.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.20,0:00:40.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's going to be a few ideas, too.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.45,0:00:46.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's this moment, when eyes,\Nour worlds, are colliding right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.68,0:00:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are looking at me,\NI am looking at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.75,0:00:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it hits my brain\Nwith the feeling of adrenaline;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.74,0:00:55.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,accelerating molecules, you might say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.06,0:00:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Different people deal with\Nthis moment differently.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.14,0:01:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of us go, "Hey!", you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.30,0:01:02.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are people who are confident,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.99,0:01:05.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they cope with this moment\Ntotally fine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.85,0:01:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there are other people\Nnot so confident,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.62,0:01:11.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it stops them\Nfrom speaking this moment;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.29,0:01:15.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It makes them feel anxious,\Nthat maybe they are not up to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.23,0:01:17.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.15,0:01:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, all of us\Nhave confidence within.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.72,0:01:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I want to talk about today
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.59,0:01:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the idea that we can find\Nmore confidence within us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.90,0:01:29.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we know where to look.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.69,0:01:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do we look?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.70,0:01:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We go within. We look under the bonnet.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.50,0:01:37.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where we are going next.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.26,0:01:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the reason I want to talk\Nabout this is because, many years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.95,0:01:45.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stood in front of an audience\Nthis big - bigger - at Central Hall,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.83,0:01:50.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is by the Houses of Parliament,\Na really big Methodist space.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.14,0:01:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was super excited about that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.19,0:01:58.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I knew that it was my big moment\Nas a rookie voice coach,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.35,0:02:00.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was going to be able to speak.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.83,0:02:03.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I stepped up in front of that audience,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.38,0:02:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what happened was everything\Nthat could possibly go wrong did.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:11.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went too fast, I lost my words.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.32,0:02:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It felt like such a horrible experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.91,0:02:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And just as I thought\Nit couldn't go any worse,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.86,0:02:22.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the microphone broke.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.81,0:02:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I looked out across the room,\Nand I said in my big voice coach voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.34,0:02:30.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- there wasn't so much wind\Nat the time, I have to say -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.99,0:02:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.15,0:02:35.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said in my big voice coach voice,\N"Can you hear me at the back?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.84,0:02:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And someone said, "Speak up!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.52,0:02:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt this feeling of absolute shame.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.40,0:02:44.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That feeling of an audience\Nlooking at you,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.56,0:02:48.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a feeling of judgment\Nwhich cripples us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.02,0:02:52.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I left that venue, and I thought\Nto myself, "Never again."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.56,0:02:55.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Clearly that didn't work\Nbecause I am here.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.44,0:02:58.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also thought I am going to do it\Ndifferently next time.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.18,0:03:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I will make sure that next time\NI stand up to speak, it feels good.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.97,0:03:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where I had to go was within.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.68,0:03:09.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We live in a really visual culture.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.85,0:03:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We spend a lot of time\N- if you think about two worlds -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.48,0:03:14.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we spend a lot of time\Nthinking about the outside.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.91,0:03:17.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe especially for women.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.13,0:03:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, confidence doesn't exist\Non the outside;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.98,0:03:22.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It exists within, in the visceral stuff,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.62,0:03:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the bits within you that we don't see.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.91,0:03:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to go to those bits.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.80,0:03:33.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was thinking about\Nthis idea three months ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.06,0:03:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was asked to do it,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.49,0:03:36.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to feel nervous\Nabout this moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.81,0:03:39.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to think about a quote
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.29,0:03:42.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the director Peter Brook had said
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.04,0:03:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is that we open\Nnew drawers in the self.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.42,0:03:50.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to think\Nabout a chest of drawers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.96,0:03:53.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then I came across this really cool maker
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.71,0:03:57.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called George McCallum,\Nwho is actually sitting there.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.38,0:04:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said to George, "Can you make me\Na chest of drawers?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.69,0:04:02.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he did.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.22,0:04:04.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be wondering\Nwhat this object is.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.18,0:04:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what this object is here\Nis what George made.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.95,0:04:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when you ask a maker\Nto make a chest of drawers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.51,0:04:15.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't always do\Nwhat you think they are going to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.87,0:04:19.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to see what he did?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.40,0:04:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.27,0:04:27.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah! Thanks George.\NBest response of the morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.23,0:04:29.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Upstaged by the furniture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.24,0:04:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.49,0:04:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within this little chest of drawers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.62,0:04:37.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this rather big,\Nmanly chest of drawers,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.38,0:04:42.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are three secrets\Nto finding confidence within.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three lessons I had to learn on the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.93,0:04:48.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a big lesson in here.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.05,0:04:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last lesson is the big one.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.06,0:04:53.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are going to get there,\Nand it's not what you might think.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.84,0:04:58.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a lesson that might surprise you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.65,0:05:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But first, would you like\Nto see inside the first drawer?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.82,0:05:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) Yes!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.47,0:05:08.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CG: It's a bit delicate this; George.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.65,0:05:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what we have in here is an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.02,0:05:23.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you just been hearing the voice\Nis the most amazing instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.03,0:05:26.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's magnificent.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.92,0:05:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How often do you think\Nabout how yours works?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.86,0:05:37.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because like this little guitar,\Nit has a string, and it has a hitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.54,0:05:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where is the string of your voice?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.03,0:05:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you put a hand on it?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.49,0:05:47.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, give it a shake; it's your larynx.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.88,0:05:50.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ahhhhh... Can everyone\Ndo that for meeee?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:50.75,0:05:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ahhhhh!
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.67,0:05:54.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hitter is the air.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.10,0:06:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you know\Nthat your voice is an instrument,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.28,0:06:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does that tell you?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.10,0:06:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People come to me and say,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.42,0:06:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I've a bad voice,"\N"I am not a good speaker."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.89,0:06:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I get worried about this kind of moment."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.00,0:06:11.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I hate meetings," "I hate\Npresentations," "Can't do it."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.55,0:06:13.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The voice is an instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.28,0:06:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is not such thing\Nas a bad saxophone, is there?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.92,0:06:19.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because when we hear a great saxophonist,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.18,0:06:21.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he is probably somewhere down here,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.92,0:06:25.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we know\Nis that they've practiced a lot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.12,0:06:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that not only did they have talent\Nbut also they have worked,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.05,0:06:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and worked, and worked\Nto get a great sound.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.56,0:06:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you ever doubt the sound of your voice,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.17,0:06:37.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let me tell you\Nall you have to do is practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.69,0:06:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I was worrying about that moment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.20,0:06:44.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to call my central hall\Nof shame, because it was,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:45.31,0:06:48.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what I remembered was the story\Nof a guy in Ancient Greece
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.83,0:06:50.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called Demosthenes.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.80,0:06:51.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a big old name,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.94,0:06:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we're going to call him\Nthe Greek dude from now on,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.49,0:06:56.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which actually is also\Na bit of a big word,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.67,0:06:58.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we might just call him Dave, I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.66,0:06:59.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.85,0:07:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Dave was speaking\Nat the Assembly which is like the O2.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.77,0:07:06.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have Simon in the room.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.42,0:07:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like the Brixton Academy\Nof the Ancient Greek world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.02,0:07:13.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was feeling pretty nervous.\NHe wanted to be an orator.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.82,0:07:16.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orators were the rock stars of their day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.27,0:07:20.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he geared himself up\Nfor this big moment at the Assembly,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.38,0:07:22.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.55,0:07:24.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He bombed.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.21,0:07:28.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They said he was uncouth in his speaking,\Nand that he stammered.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.44,0:07:32.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the audience jeered at him,\Nand they threw stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.03,0:07:33.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Please don't do that today!
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.63,0:07:34.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:34.76,0:07:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He left that stage feeling so downcast
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.15,0:07:41.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he got a bit of advice from an actor.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.17,0:07:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sure Greek actors were\Npretty much the same as they are now.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.24,0:07:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am sure the actor was a bit like this,\Nbut what he said to him was,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.54,0:07:49.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You need more expression in your voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.84,0:07:53.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are not giving\Nenough welly, enough energy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.44,0:07:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also need to believe in yourself\Nbecause the message is good."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.07,0:08:00.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Demosthenes takes himself\Nback home, and he goes for it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.31,0:08:02.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is his rocky moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.31,0:08:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He builds himself an underground cellar.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.90,0:08:08.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shaves his head - half of his head -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.11,0:08:10.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he can't leave\Nthe house for three months
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.49,0:08:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then he practices\Nfor three months solid
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.24,0:08:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in front of a big shield\Nthat is polished like a mirror.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:17.09,0:08:19.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When he is ready, when he is up there,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.86,0:08:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he goes out.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.86,0:08:23.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes to the sea,\Nand he speaks over the waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:23.49,0:08:27.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His voice has to boom out over the waves.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:27.01,0:08:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then, he goes back.\NHe goes back to the Assembly.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.73,0:08:31.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He speaks again,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.93,0:08:35.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he becomes known\Nas one of the greatest orators of his day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.77,0:08:39.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that tell you?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.57,0:08:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It tells you about practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.71,0:08:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The power of practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.89,0:08:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You may not want\Nto shave half of your head;
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.58,0:08:48.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you may not want to build\Nan underground cellar
Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.90,0:08:50.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because the council may have words,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.86,0:08:53.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what you can do is practice.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.17,0:08:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the simplest way\Nto practice is to sing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.42,0:09:00.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to do\Na big, "Mamamamahh!",
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.24,0:09:02.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a voice coach warm-up\N- unless you want to -
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.70,0:09:05.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what I really recommend\Nis that everyday sing somewhere:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.56,0:09:09.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sing in the shower, sing in the car,\Nsing on the tube if you feel brave.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.81,0:09:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.89,0:09:14.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was at St Thomas' Hospital\Nfor a blood test about two weeks ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.08,0:09:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there were two women\Nsinging in the space
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.68,0:09:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where the blood test\Nwas happening which was lovely.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.22,0:09:20.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I recommend it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.75,0:09:23.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Singing is the way to a great voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.35,0:09:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Practice is the way to a great instrument.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.86,0:09:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's lesson one.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.35,0:09:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have another drawer\Nwhich we will open in a moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.43,0:09:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but before we get there, I've a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.58,0:09:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Say you walk into a room, OK?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.14,0:09:39.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't know anybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.34,0:09:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of you may have had\Nthat feeling this morning.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.81,0:09:46.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do you know who the most\Npowerful person in the room is?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.60,0:09:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The person with the most confidence,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:48.87,0:09:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that inner confidence\Nthat we are going for here?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.26,0:09:52.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How could you tell?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.66,0:10:01.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How they carry themselves.\NThat's lovely, [Lola].
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.12,0:10:03.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are in the same space, aren't you?
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.32,0:10:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because you are a singer.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:05.14,0:10:08.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is that how they carry themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.22,0:10:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actually, what an actor will tell you\Nis that is about the breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.93,0:10:18.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The most powerful person in the room\Nhas the most relaxed breathing pattern.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.25,0:10:24.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is a well-known scientist called\NPaul Eckman who looks into emotion,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.86,0:10:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said\N- which would make actors laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.56,0:10:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it seems\Nso straightforward to them
Dialogue: 0,0:10:29.69,0:10:31.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that maybe isn't to science -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.79,0:10:35.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he couldn't understand\Nwhy breath mattered for a long time,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.61,0:10:37.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and his research has explored it,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.79,0:10:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until he started to understand\Nthat the unconscious system--
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.40,0:10:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know I can't control my spleen.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:43.47,0:10:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is just doing its own thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.79,0:10:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I can control my breathing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.96,0:10:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if I get into my breathing,\NI get into the unconscious.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.67,0:10:54.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I calm myself down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.15,0:11:00.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what's within you is the key\Nto this relaxed, confident power.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.22,0:11:03.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Actors know this
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.48,0:11:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because when actors are playing King,\Nthe King stays really still.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.66,0:11:11.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everybody moves around the king,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.96,0:11:15.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how you know\Nthe king is in charge.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.04,0:11:18.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The next time you fell nervous about\Nsomething, try that; try getting still.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.89,0:11:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Within your body is something\Nthat is really the king of the body.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.94,0:11:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's what the Greeks called\Nthe center of all expression.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.09,0:11:30.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I bet that 50% of this room\Nhas never thought about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.68,0:11:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you like to see what it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.86,0:11:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, my still handsome friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.43,0:11:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've our lungs, don't we?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.72,0:11:52.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have this, which is probably not\Nan anatomical representation of a heart,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.54,0:11:53.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:53.66,0:11:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.82,0:11:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's down here? What's this?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:57.08,0:11:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Audience) The diaphragm?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.62,0:12:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CG: Thank you very much! Diaphragm.\NIt is indeed your diaphragm.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.44,0:12:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your hands up if you have thought\Nabout the diaphragm recently.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.48,0:12:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your hands up if you thought\Nabout your diaphragm today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.53,0:12:13.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you, singers in the room; good.\NOr actors, or saxophonists.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.47,0:12:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put your hands up if you haven't yet\Nthought about your diaphragm today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.38,0:12:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that is quite a large percentage.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:22.17,0:12:24.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we don't think about\Nour diaphragms, do we?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:24.80,0:12:29.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the diaphragm is the key\Nto regulating your system.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:29.60,0:12:31.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is how you calm yourself down
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.67,0:12:34.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that moment when you stand\Nin front of all the eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.16,0:12:37.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It will make you feel confident
Dialogue: 0,0:12:37.93,0:12:41.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you most need it,\Nand you'd least feel like it.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.88,0:12:44.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know anything\Nabout my diaphragm.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.44,0:12:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd learned about it. I knew\Nwhat it was supposed to look like,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.53,0:12:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't know how it felt.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.35,0:12:52.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then one day,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.50,0:12:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was feeling really stressed,\NI was breathing up in my chest.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:56.96,0:13:01.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had that kind of squeaky high-voiced\Nadrenaline breathing up in the chest;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.38,0:13:02.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.64,0:13:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I walked into a yoga class,\Nand the yoga teacher said,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:05.58,0:13:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You look really stressed."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.48,0:13:08.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is never a good start.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.88,0:13:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, "Lie down on the floor."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.88,0:13:12.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he laid me down, I closed my eyes,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.74,0:13:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,expecting some\Nlovely relaxing yoga thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.70,0:13:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and suddenly, he put\Na gym weight on my stomach.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.25,0:13:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he said, "Breathe, lift that."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.29,0:13:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I did. I breathed in,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.21,0:13:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as I breathed in,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:26.57,0:13:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to lift that gym weight\Nwith my stomach,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.08,0:13:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my diaphragm shuddered into action.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.42,0:13:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, I got it.\NI got how it should feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.33,0:13:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got that I didn't need to\Nbreathe up here anymore;
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.04,0:13:41.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I could breathe down.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:41.23,0:13:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd like to suggest that the diaphragm\Nis the king of confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.62,0:13:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we find yours?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:48.35,0:13:50.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We take a thumb--
Dialogue: 0,0:13:50.91,0:13:53.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take your thumb and just put it\Nbellow your bra strap.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.92,0:13:55.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, that's right, sir. You got it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.71,0:13:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.100,0:14:01.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's it. With your thumb\Nthere, gently push.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:01.92,0:14:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lawrence Olivier,\Nwhen he was taught to breathe--
Dialogue: 0,0:14:04.32,0:14:06.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lawrence Olivier - you know, the actor?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:06.56,0:14:10.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was taught to breathe\Nby pushing a grand piano.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.00,0:14:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I certainly don't have\Na grand piano at home.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.16,0:14:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,London houses don't fit them\Nthese days, do they?
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.86,0:14:19.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But we can all practice\Nthe feeling of pushing a grand piano
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.44,0:14:23.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we breathe in\Nand push your thumb away.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.58,0:14:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now breathe out and push back.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.12,0:14:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are filling up an air balloon\Nin your stomach.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:30.63,0:14:33.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, breathe in,\Npush your thumb away.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.21,0:14:35.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now breathe out, push it back.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.20,0:14:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to your diaphragm.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.09,0:14:40.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you put your hand on your ribs,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.03,0:14:42.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your diaphragm goes all the way around.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.42,0:14:45.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can also fill the rib cages\Nas you breathe in.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.13,0:14:47.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You feel the ribs open as you breathe,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.08,0:14:51.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and close as you breathe out.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.45,0:14:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are ever nervous about\None of these moments, do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:57.69,0:15:01.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your diaphragm is the key\Nto your confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.30,0:15:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we've two lessons:
Dialogue: 0,0:15:02.71,0:15:07.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've the power of practice.\Nwe've the importance of the diaphragm.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.46,0:15:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a third lesson\Nwhich is the big one.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.68,0:15:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the one\Nthat really makes a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.44,0:15:17.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to think about this lesson\Na couple of weeks ago actually,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.38,0:15:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because someone I'd worked with\Nwrote to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:20.82,0:15:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She wrote me an email, and she said
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.59,0:15:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she'd been through\Nthe worst possible thing
Dialogue: 0,0:15:25.18,0:15:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you could imagine\Nhappening to someone.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:27.32,0:15:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had just got married,\Nand was on honeymoon,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.43,0:15:33.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when her husband\Nhad a heart attack and died.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.46,0:15:38.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She had to go back to the church\Nthey got married in
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.71,0:15:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and speak a eulogy for this man.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:42.32,0:15:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, she also read a poem\Nthat she had written when they first met.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.10,0:15:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said, "On the worst day\Nof my life, I had to put myself together.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.36,0:15:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had to find the energy of celebration\Nfor this man who I really loved,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.79,0:16:02.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the only way to do it\Nwas you taught me.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.42,0:16:07.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The skills of breathing low and slow;\Ntaking my time,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.48,0:16:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,getting the control,\Nfinding the inner confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.83,0:16:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the greatest gift\Nthat I could give him."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.83,0:16:18.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are moments in our lives\Nwhere we have to speak
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.73,0:16:22.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because we have\Nsomething to say for us
Dialogue: 0,0:16:22.47,0:16:25.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because we want\Nto speak for someone else:
Dialogue: 0,0:16:25.34,0:16:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wedding, a eulogy.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.02,0:16:32.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would suggest that in those moments,\Nthese skills matter more than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:33.75,0:16:37.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What you need to know\Nin those moments is in this drawer.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.04,0:16:47.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:49.43,0:16:50.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's air.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.80,0:16:55.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does air matter?
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.58,0:16:59.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's because we breathe our thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.63,0:17:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All speech is our breath.\NAll song is our breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.75,0:17:10.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And all in breath is thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:12.29,0:17:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just put a hand back on that diaphragm\Nfor a moment, and breathe out.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.58,0:17:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then feel the breath in,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.77,0:17:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and as you breathe in,\Nthink of someone you really love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:26.54,0:17:29.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were all to speak\Non that out breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.40,0:17:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it would be full of love.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.12,0:17:33.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now breathe in again,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:33.42,0:17:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and breathe in a feeling of excitement\Nfor the day that is going to come
Dialogue: 0,0:17:36.87,0:17:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's going to be so good.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:39.21,0:17:43.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were to breathe in\Nand then speak on that feeling,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:43.69,0:17:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then we have excitement in our voices.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.94,0:17:47.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can control your voice
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.33,0:17:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the idea of breath is thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.22,0:17:54.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's in Latin,\Nthe two worlds: ancient and modern.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:54.60,0:17:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Romans understood this:
Dialogue: 0,0:17:56.11,0:17:59.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inspiration and respiration\Nhave the same root.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.96,0:18:04.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Romans understood\Nthat we breathe our thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:06.83,0:18:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because we speak on the out-breath,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:09.38,0:18:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you have to think about\Nis the in-breath.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:12.88,0:18:16.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the simplest way\Nto think about the in-breath:
Dialogue: 0,0:18:16.86,0:18:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,close your mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.99,0:18:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So who would have thought\Nthat the big secret I promised you
Dialogue: 0,0:18:25.57,0:18:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that if you want\Nconfidence in speech,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:29.70,0:18:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all you have to do is to know\Nwhen to shut your mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:35.18,0:18:36.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.67,0:18:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.00,0:18:40.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)