Tips & Talk 11 – Take the Two Word Challenge with Me
Take the 2 Word Challenge! By eliminating these two words from your vocabulary, you’ll become a stronger, more purposeful communicator and create an achievability mindset.
People are more likely to listen to what you have to say and you’ll be seen as more professional too.
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Transcript
Hi there.
Speaker:I see that you made it over to the new tips
Speaker:and talk portion of the podcast.
Speaker:These are bite-sized topics that I pull from community questions and
Speaker:things that I'm observing in the world of handmade small business.
Speaker:I'm going to call this the two word challenge by eliminating
Speaker:these words from your vocabulary.
Speaker:You're going to communicate in a much stronger and purposeful way,
Speaker:and you're also going to have a mindset of achievability and
Speaker:what's possible versus a defeatist mindset.
Speaker:Why do this first off people are going to listen to
Speaker:you more.
Speaker:Have you ever felt like you've insane something,
Speaker:and either you can tell nobody's listening because they're looking away
Speaker:or they didn't get what you were talking about.
Speaker:Possibly it's because of the words that you're using.
Speaker:So the ability to have people really pay attention to what
Speaker:you're talking about is one of the results here.
Speaker:You'll also be seen as more of a professional by the
Speaker:manner in which you're communicating.
Speaker:And the really cool thing about eliminating these two words too,
Speaker:is that as you communicate out in the way that I'm
Speaker:going to share with you,
Speaker:you also feel it internally.
Speaker:So even though you're giving out a stronger presence,
Speaker:you're also giving back to yourself,
Speaker:heightened confidence.
Speaker:Let's dive in right now to the first word.
Speaker:The word I want you to remove from your vocabulary is
Speaker:just take this out of your vocabulary.
Speaker:99% of the time,
Speaker:if you're doing,
Speaker:let's say an email and you say as the first line,
Speaker:and I do this all the time and I have to
Speaker:catch myself.
Speaker:If you say,
Speaker:I just wanted to pop in here to tell you,
Speaker:and then whatever it is that you're saying by adding that
Speaker:word just you've already diminished the value of what you're trying
Speaker:to say.
Speaker:It's like,
Speaker:you're saying,
Speaker:oh, I'm so sorry.
Speaker:I don't mean to interrupt you.
Speaker:This really isn't that important.
Speaker:I just have one little thing to tell you.
Speaker:Instead, what I want you to do is get to the
Speaker:topic. Here's another example,
Speaker:just a quick announcement reminding you that we're all getting together
Speaker:this afternoon at four hope you can join us.
Speaker:Instead of saying that we're just get to the announcement.
Speaker:So exciting.
Speaker:Remember, we're getting together at four.
Speaker:Can't wait to see you.
Speaker:Then it puts so much more strengthened value to the topic
Speaker:versus adding that word in.
Speaker:Just now having said that there are a couple of times
Speaker:when just does make sense to use,
Speaker:like think of the Nike tagline.
Speaker:Just do it when you use just in that way,
Speaker:you're putting a significance on it.
Speaker:Time-wise just do it.
Speaker:So it actually adds strength in that.
Speaker:Or when you want to say something like in a recipe
Speaker:or something you say add just a pinch of sugar,
Speaker:they are,
Speaker:you're saying the extreme is small.
Speaker:So at Nike you're saying powerful,
Speaker:just do it big.
Speaker:And then in a recipe you're saying Jost,
Speaker:a pinch of sugar,
Speaker:smaller, those extremes,
Speaker:the word justice.
Speaker:Great. But in communication generally,
Speaker:when you're making a statement and you put just in there,
Speaker:you diminish the importance in the value.
Speaker:By eliminating this word,
Speaker:you are creating more powerful,
Speaker:stronger, and personable communication.
Speaker:The second word ready for it.
Speaker:The second word I want you to eliminate is the word.
Speaker:Can't see the problem with the word.
Speaker:Can't automatically sets up in your mind,
Speaker:a failure.
Speaker:You're unconsciously positioning yourself that you're not going to be able
Speaker:to achieve something.
Speaker:And I honestly hear this all the time from people and
Speaker:I don't think they really recognize what they're doing.
Speaker:And again,
Speaker:I'm going to say,
Speaker:I've done this to myself too.
Speaker:I'm not just saying it because I'm so good at it.
Speaker:I'm saying it because I'm recognizing it.
Speaker:And I catch myself doing it too.
Speaker:Here's an example.
Speaker:I can't understand all the tech stuff.
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:people will say tech messes me up,
Speaker:or I can't get that.
Speaker:Or you know,
Speaker:all these excuses with the word can't instead think about saying,
Speaker:I'll find a way to manage and whatever that technical problem
Speaker:is because let's face it in this day and age,
Speaker:there are always ways to figure things out.
Speaker:There's Google.
Speaker:You can hire somebody real quick on a website like Fiverr
Speaker:for just a few dollars to fix something that you need
Speaker:fixed. You could talk to someone in your local chamber who
Speaker:has the expertise.
Speaker:Yeah. You might pay them a couple of dollars,
Speaker:but you can turn those can'ts to Cannes.
Speaker:Another example of cant could be can't build a website because
Speaker:I don't have the money.
Speaker:So you're already making an assumption that you can't do something
Speaker:versus I know I need a website and I'll research what
Speaker:my options are to make this happen.
Speaker:See how much more opportunistic that sounds than automatically saying you
Speaker:can't. I think lots of times we add the word can't
Speaker:into our vocabulary because we don't know what those options are
Speaker:out there.
Speaker:And in the case of a website,
Speaker:there are so many options.
Speaker:You don't have to hire a designer and spend thousands of
Speaker:dollars to get an online presence where you can sell your
Speaker:products. When we say can't it virtually takes you out of
Speaker:the game psychologically.
Speaker:And the sad thing is we've done it to ourself.
Speaker:While you can say,
Speaker:can't someone else is finding out a way to say can
Speaker:and are passing you by whether it's creating your product and
Speaker:selling your product.
Speaker:Whether it's establishing a website,
Speaker:whether it's starting your business in the first place.
Speaker:I want to know if you're willing to accept this challenge
Speaker:with me,
Speaker:we are going to eliminate these two words from our vocabulary,
Speaker:as much as possible.
Speaker:And to do this,
Speaker:you have to do it consciously.
Speaker:So just get rid of it from speaking from emails everywhere,
Speaker:your communication will be so much more powerful and you will
Speaker:only listen to,
Speaker:and can't get that out of your vocabulary because you're limiting
Speaker:your own thinking by using that word can't are you with
Speaker:me? Are you accepting my challenge?
Speaker:If so,
Speaker:jump over to Instagram.
Speaker:I'm at gift biz on rapt.
Speaker:And let me know in the DMS that you're doing the
Speaker:challenge, right alongside me,
Speaker:eliminate these two words.
Speaker:Watch for them.
Speaker:Catch it before you do it,
Speaker:adjust how you're saying things.
Speaker:And honestly,
Speaker:it might just change your life.
Speaker:That's a wrap.
Speaker:I may get to the point kind of girl.
Speaker:And this is what you can expect from these quick midweek
Speaker:sessions. Now it's your turn.
Speaker:Go out and fulfill that dream of yours.
Speaker:Share your handmade products with us.
Speaker:We want them,