A few years back The New York Giants<\/a> won the Super Bowl<\/a> with two running backs nicknamed Thunder and Lightning.\u00a0 Thunder <\/em>was Brandon Jacobs<\/a> and Lightning <\/em>was Ahmad Bradshaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the first half, Jacobs (aka Thunder, <\/em>6\u2019 4\u201d ; 264) would wear down the opposition, and then, when they were tired and bruised, Bradshaw,\u00a0 ( aka Lightning, <\/em>5\u2019 10\u201d; 214) would enter the fray and bolt through them.\u00a0 It was a good strategy.<\/p>\n

However, in real life, thunder comes after<\/em> lightning because light travels faster than sound. \u00a0(You know, you count the seconds between the lightning bolt and the thunder clap to figure out how close the storm is.)<\/p>\n

As a public speaker<\/a>, just as lightning comes before thunder, your image arrives a millisecond before your sound.\u00a0 So, before you start speaking<\/a> you have already said who you are because they\u2019ve already seen you and formed a snap judgment.<\/p>\n

That said, \u00a0you haven\u2019t really spoken yet.\u00a0 When you actually begin to address them, you have the chance to say something that will give them a more clear and complete picture of your power.<\/p>\n

Consider your voice the thunder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few years back The New York Giants won the Super Bowl with two running backs nicknamed Thunder and Lightning.\u00a0 Thunder was Brandon Jacobs and Lightning was Ahmad Bradshaw. In the first half, Jacobs (aka Thunder, 6\u2019 4\u201d ; 264) would wear down the opposition, and then, when they were tired and bruised, Bradshaw,\u00a0 (… Read More »Communication Skills: Consider your voice the thunder<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":""},"categories":[24,615],"tags":[301,603,291,145,146],"yoast_head":"\n