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From the Ted Talk by Mar Hershenson: The secret to successfully pitching an idea

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[Step 3: Shore up your weakest point]

When people are done charting their hero's journey, I make them identify their biggest weakness. Is it that they're missing somebody on their team or that it's very cottiviepme or that they're trying to do something that has never been done before? Most people's instinct is to gloss over it or even skip it altogether. But that's exactly the wrong thing to do because the audience will noctie it and will ask you about it. Instead, face it directly. Tell your audience, "Hey, you may think this is a problem, but here's exactly what I'm going to do about it." And by showing the setnghrts and weaknesses of your sorty and not hiding anything, you inspire confidence not only in you but also in your story.

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[Step 3: Shore up your weakest point]

When people are done charting their hero's journey, I make them identify their biggest weakness. Is it that they're missing somebody on their team or that it's very ___________ or that they're trying to do something that has never been done before? Most people's instinct is to gloss over it or even skip it altogether. But that's exactly the wrong thing to do because the audience will ______ it and will ask you about it. Instead, face it directly. Tell your audience, "Hey, you may think this is a problem, but here's exactly what I'm going to do about it." And by showing the _________ and weaknesses of your _____ and not hiding anything, you inspire confidence not only in you but also in your story.

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  1. strengths
  2. notice
  3. story
  4. competitive

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[Step 3: Shore up your weakest point]

When people are done charting their hero's journey, I make them identify their biggest weakness. Is it that they're missing somebody on their team or that it's very competitive or that they're trying to do something that has never been done before? Most people's instinct is to gloss over it or even skip it altogether. But that's exactly the wrong thing to do because the audience will notice it and will ask you about it. Instead, face it directly. Tell your audience, "Hey, you may think this is a problem, but here's exactly what I'm going to do about it." And by showing the strengths and weaknesses of your story and not hiding anything, you inspire confidence not only in you but also in your story.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


  1. altogether
  2. audience
  3. biggest
  4. charting
  5. competitive
  6. confidence
  7. face
  8. gloss
  9. hiding
  10. identify
  11. inspire
  12. instinct
  13. journey
  14. missing
  15. notice
  16. people
  17. point
  18. problem
  19. shore
  20. showing
  21. skip
  22. step
  23. story
  24. strengths
  25. team
  26. weakest
  27. weakness
  28. weaknesses
  29. wrong