How beautiful is your voice? Through diet and exercise, we can beautify our bodies, but can the same be done with our voice? In todays episode we meet Sam, a professional voiceover artist and public speaker, who is eager to share his expertise on how we can improve our own communication skills, especially where public speaking is involved! He has recently released a book about how to do so! Sit back, and enjoy the listen. Welcome, Sam Kusi Episode highlights: [01:28] - Our friendship spans almost two decades[02:20] - Public speaking since 2017, voiceover since 2018[03:30] - Voiceover takes can be done in PJ's, the beauty of voiceover! Cf. Public Speaking where you have to look the part[04:07] - Received professional training for public speaking, including the business side[07:07] - Speaks about logistics of voiceover work and gaining work, even when starting out. Profitability also discussed[10:30] - Sam has Ghanaian background, speaks Twi, but not done voiceover in this before[11:40] - Biggest audience in professional speaking, 2000+[12:50] - Speaks to: Decision makers, HR teams, policy makers, many audiences. Importance of humour, adapting to each audience also discussed. 'Vocal Hyperbole' - what a line![16:33] - Over 100 voiceover gigs and counting. Speaks about the 10,000 hour theory of mastery - fascinating![19:27] - 10k hours, should motivate all! Sam's passion in his work very evident[20:30] - Most challenging / enjoyable gigs? Feeling of narrating his own book was beautiful and liberating[24:15] - 1h of finished audio takes 2h on average, Sam achieves 1.5x at times[26:00] - Sam gives us a line pretending to be doing voiceover. Hilarious and totally unexpected!!![28:33] - Introducing Sam's new book 'Voiceover & Public Speaking Prowess', released early 2022[30:30] - 'We can hear what you're not saying' - chapter 3 discussed, importance of body language[33:30] - 'Eat and drink vocal clarity' - chapter 7 discussed, idea of diet helping your voice through diet[35:40] - 'Make fear your friend' - chapter 8, public speaking terrifies many, one of the biggest human fears. How to conquer this fear![40:23] - 'The public speaking dark horse - well chosen questions', chapter 10 discussed. In essence, by constructing questions that speak to the subconscious mind. Rhetorical questions & their importance gives dignity to audience[43:51] - For people listening who doubt themselves, Sam gives his advice. Substance over flash![45:31] - For people already established as a speaker, how can they raise their game and hone skillset to next level, how book will help? "Every great teacher is forever a student, leaders are readers!"[47:48] - Where can people find your book & you work? Amazon, paperback, ebook, audiobook via audible, apple books.Find Sam's work below: https://amzn.to/3zV3tq6 (Paperback) https://amzn.to/33iuR5t (eBook) https://adbl.co/3oVpaSX (Audible) w: http://www.samkusi.com/ (Public Speaking) w: http://www.samkusivoice.com/ (Voiceover) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-kusi-16b502137/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6iZfAKkGaPDqFE6ocJOMjB