{"id":1409,"date":"2020-06-02T02:30:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1409"},"modified":"2023-07-01T17:29:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T11:59:44","slug":"10-lessons-from-gavel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/?p=1409","title":{"rendered":"10 Lessons from Gavel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Everyone sucks at something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

   Whether it’s the person sitting next to you or that speaker on stage who’s so inspiring everyone’s a garbage fire and that’s okay.
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2. Our lives are boring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    At face value, no one’s life is as exciting as the stories they say. We’re a bunch of boring people. (Why else did we get into public speaking?) It’s how we look at our monotonous lives that matter.
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3. No idea is too weird \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2026 if you’re with the right people.
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4. Being a center of attention is fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 You might think it’s scary but that’s because you haven’t practiced enough. Do it a few times and\ufeff\u7280\u5229\u58eb<\/a>\n<\/span> revel in the compliments and attention.
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5. Lying to people is easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As long as you are confident, use proper stage movement, and use stories.
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6. Get rid of all your ugly photos,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Or they will come back to haunt you. (Ask anyone about my installation) 
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7. You’re not as awesome as you think you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Be humble and work hard or some ugly guy will come and win your speech competition out of nowhere.
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8. Judging people can be fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But apparently there’s a right way to do it and that can help people. Give it a try.
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9. Being funny is hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Everyone’s a comic till they have to deliver a speech in front of an audience so work on your jokes.
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10. There’s a time and place for dramatic gestures \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2026 but your speech is not the best place to try out your new moves. Be natural, be calm, and have fun. This is not a performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Everyone sucks at something.    Whether it’s the person sitting next to you or that speaker on stage who’s so inspiring everyone’s a garbage fire and that’s okay. 2. Our lives are boring.     At face value, no one’s life is as exciting as the stories they say. We’re a bunch of boring people. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[13],"tags":[4,74,71,65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1409"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1414,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1409\/revisions\/1414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gavel.cmb.ac.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}