Unfortunately bright_Spark despite your proclamation -I suspect you will always feel inferior to Nigel Havers!
Why? Well his father was Attorney General for England and Wales and, briefly, Lord Chancellor in the Conservative Government in the 1980s!
Nigel was born with a silver spoon in his mouth - that's why he talks in such a strange dialect!
He can't act any more than your typical 'working class' soap actor - who sounds the same on and off set - even when hugging a cushion!
Nigel was destined to play a toff due to his upbringing and one assumes a lack of ability to play any other *role!
However, I'm sure, like him, you'd be good 'treading the boards' bright_Spark. In fact I'd say you're a natural given your ever changing persona...
I know you are planning a world tour and have already booked the stadiums - PLEASE remember us all at S.F. Forum as we'll expect discounted tickets!
*(he got nominated for a BAFTA for playing a young toff in Chariots of Fire)
All true, evidence that cultivating a polite and charming outward projection can glide you through life, wanted by women, admired by men, it's the great British gift that is free to all, and ignored by most, great leaders don't speak poorly, it's not about accent, it's about commanding clarity and having confidence in using it.
On my course 'Speaking your way to Success' I give my students a series of challenges, the first I would like to share with you, let you try and experience for yourself, all present can try it, it's simple, costs nothing, and will have dramatic positive effects on you and those around you, some suggest life changing in the slightly longer term, lets call that 3 days.
Your task for tomorrow, you can start sooner if you choose, is to give each person you meet a compliment, it could be as small as ''good morning'' and adding ''you look great'' or it could be a bolder stop mid sentence(the power compliment) where you stop half way through saying something, as if yousuddenly noticed or it can't wait, to say ''have you lost weight?'', or simply you wait for a moment where you can look someone directly in the eye and nod saying ''that is a very good point''.
This I call channelling your inner Nigel Havers, with each stage we channel a different popular person who uses the trait we want to channel, this helps you remember in the moment, with each stage you will see the results right in front of you, and over time all around you, finally the results will come to you, and in time, when you are ready you can take task 5, channelling your inner Steve McQueen, for this you can choose any hero but the stage and task is always called channelling your McQueen, for this you go to New York as a special guest of mine at a celebrity event where you will make Angelina Jolie laugh with your confident humour, make Lady Ga Ga's head turn as she goes to the ladies room, and generally be the most interesting man in the room, this is nothing more than unlocking your potential and subtly channelling your best BDCDIY
Remember: channel the Havers, one compliment per person irrespective of who they are, liked or not, we have begun the greatest change you can make.
