How to Become an Influential Voice – In Just 7 Minutes with Tricia Brouk

 Discover how you can leverage your story to speak with more impact and confidence Learn the importance of being clear with your values, mission, and passion to speak out a message worth everyone’s time Understand that you are an influential voice and how you can speak with a better and more dignified communication Resources/Links: Wanting to Find Out How to Make a Long-Lasting Legacy with only the Power of Your Voice? Learn more on how you can make a powerful impact by saying what you mean: theinfluentialvoicebook.com/chapter Summary Do you want to grow more and get the recognition you deserve without the cost? Have you been wanting to share your story but just don’t know how to share it with impact and confidence? Are you ready to speak better, inspire more, impact widely with your powerful story? Tricia Brouk is an international award-winning director. She founded The Big Talk Academy and was the executive producer of TEDxLincolnSquare. She curates the Speaker Salon in NYC, hosts The Big Talk an award-winning podcast, and her book, The Influential Voice: Saying What You Mean for Lasting Legacy was the #1 pre-order new release on Amazon. In this episode, Tricia talks about how speaking up and sharing your story is more than just getting recognition but is also a step for you to change and inspire more lives. She also shares how you can leverage your story to share it with more impact that will keep your audience hooked and all ears. Check out these episode highlights: 01:35 - Tricia’s ideal client: “CEOs, founders, authors, professionals who want to improve their communication skills.” 02:05 - Problem Tricia helps solve: “I solve how to leverage the power of your story. Everyone has a story, but not everyone knows how to leverage it or how to share it impactfully.” 02:57 - Typical symptoms that clients do before reaching out to Tricia: “Most of these leaders are very successful already in their careers, but what they're lacking is the recognition to make the impact that they want-- to shine as leaders and the go-to experts in their space.” 04:49 - Common mistakes that people make before they find Tricia’s solution: “Well, the biggest mistake is not knowing what your values are. When you're clear on your values and your purpose and your mission, then you can begin to talk about the thing that you care about in a way that's authentic.” 06:12 - Tricia’s Valuable Free Action (VFA): “Writing is a practice and memorization will free you. You have to roll up your sleeves. It's like plays for a dancer or bicep curls for a gym rat. You have to have repetition and practice inside of your writing skills and your memorization skills.” 06:57 - Tricia’s Valuable Free Resource (VFR): Check out Tricia’s Book: theinfluentialvoicebook.com/chapter 07:19 - Q: Can anyone be an influential voice? A: I would say yes. If you are a parent at home with your kids sitting across the dinner table, what you say matters to them. You are a teacher and you are teaching your students. You are an influential voice in their lives Tweetable Takeaways from this Episode: “Everyone has a story, but not everyone knows how to leverage it or how to share it impactfully.” -Tricia BroukClick To Tweet Transcript (Note, this was transcribed using a transcription software and may not reflect the exact words used in the podcast) Tom Poland 00:10 Greetings, everyone,