Mindfulness Mode

Brenden Kumarasamy is the founder of MasterTalk; he coaches ambitious executives & entrepreneurs to become top 1% communicators in their industry. He also has a popular YouTube channel called MasterTalk, with the goal of providing free access to communication tools for everyone in the world. Let's learn how to Master the Art of Public Speaking.

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• Company: MasterTalk
• Website: https://www.rockstarcommunicator.com

Most Influential Person

• Scott Harrison,  CEO of Charity Water

Effect on Emotions

• Regarding emotions, a quote that I came up with in my basement a few years ago, the quote is, ‘perspective frees us from the chains of constant complaining'.
• So when you have perspective around everything, well, maybe let's say, Bruce, you weren't late. But let's say Bruce was late to the interview. It's very easy to make an assumption. You weren't late of course, but we can assume that, oh, oh, maybe Bruce doesn't want to do the interview.
• Maybe we start to invent these stories, rather than just going, Hey, maybe there's a perspective that something's happening in Bruce life that he couldn't be here.
• So when we start to have more perspectives, what happens is we become more mindful of other people.
• So I would encourage people to go back to increasing their perspective. Be more curious, ask more questions, rather than give statements. The art of public speaking is improved as we become more aware of our emotions.

Thoughts on Breathing

• I'll be honest, I've read the Wim Hof book. I've done the Wim Hof breathing.
• I need to be better at this this. It's definitely a weakness in my game, but I will say breathing definitely plays a part to it.
• You know, going back to Mel Robbins five second rule, if you just take that five seconds to breathe, internalize yourself, you're going to be more successful.
• But I will admit this is not something I do. And it's something I should be doing more often. Breathing can be a good tool to improve the art of public speaking.

Suggested Resources

• Book: Thirst: A Story of Redemption, Compassion, and a Mission to Bring Clean Water to the World
• App: Google Keep
• App: INotes

Bullying Story

• Because I'm Canadian, there wasn't as much bullying as you think there would be. But it did happen a few times here and there, where I would get bullied.
• In the moment, it feels really painful, because you're asking, so why would a human being treat you that way.
• I think there are a couple of lessons. Number one is going back to long term vision. Of course, that's harder to do when you're 10 years old. But I think when you focus on how excited you are about the future, in the next step, it helps you deal with the present.
• The second piece is don't leave it up to you. You know, one of the things I'm the most blessed for; my greatest treasure is not my YouTube channel, it's not my work. It's not my voice. It's the people around me.
• Just now as I'm speaking to you, I'm thinking about the mentors that have believed in me. The mentors who have bet on me and I go, wow, my life is so amazing.
• Even if I went back down to zero, even if my youtube channel got canceled, and people start hating, I would think of some of my mentors.
• So I would encourage people to find friends, and people that you can count on. But more specifically, don't measure your friends based on what they say, measure your friends based on what they do. And this is a big difference. Because a lot of us and this really saddens me, Bruce, is we pick the wrong friends.

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