Epic mom fail #3,509,671.
I’m at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with my daughter and exchange student. We are taking in all of the music goodness and settling in to watch the “Get Back to Let It Be” The Beatles Exhibit video footage.
The movie screen is large and the space is intimate so it feels like we are on the rooftop in England with The Beatles. It’s a lovely moment and for some reason, I am prompted to mention that I am saddened by John Lennon’s senseless passing.
To which my teenage daughter replies, “How did he die?”
She hadn’t realized he was shot and immediately became teary-eyed when I filled her in on the details.
I’m stunned.
How did she not know this?
Why have we not talked about this when listening to The Beatles’ music?
Why have I failed my children yet again?!
This prompts my interest in Disney+, “The Beatles: Get Back”, which is why I found myself sprawled out on the couch this weekend watching the first of the three episodes.
Despite being drawn to John’s eyeglasses and the fur coat we saw in the museum worn during their creative jam sessions (they’re shockingly small in person!), I’m struck by the process of how the songs are created.
It’s a lot of singing and humming and trying things over and over and adding new bits.
Rinse and repeat.
Paul is featured playing the piano and singing “Let It Be” but when it’s just the chorus.
He’s singing “let it be” and then just filling in the melody with humming.
Basically:
Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be
Hmmm, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum, hum
Let it be.
And then it starts to take shape and you watch as the classic emerges.
Boom!
I’m in the process of writing a keynote presentation and this feels sooo relatable right now.
I know what I’m trying to say (my “chorus refrain”) but it’s a lot of humming to figure out how to pull things together and make the message work.
Can you relate?
Are you experiencing your own version of messaging?
Do you know what you want to say but don’t know how to say it?
If so, I hear you.
Communication can be quite nuanced.
And getting clear on how you are saying things is a big part of the equation.
Nonverbals are a big part of communication (60-93% to be more precise).
We tend to focus our energy on what we are going to say and give little thought to how we say things.
Let’s change that!
Learning how to leverage your nonverbals makes you a next-level communicator.
“It takes a lot of effort to make something look effortless” ― Ben Mitchell
As more in-person events are being scheduled, more and more speakers are dusting off their content and figuring out what lands. Don’t forget that nonverbals matter. |
I'm humming along with you!
Here’s to channeling our inner Paul McCartney and humming until we figure things out.
If Sir Paul can do it, so can we.
Your co-pilot (who is humming loudly for you!),
