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These are some notes I took when I watched the Dan Pink "talk show" video. I'm sorry about the poor grammar and incomplete thoughts, as I was typing this very quickly when I was watching the video: (PS there's a summary at the bottom if you would like something that you can actually understand.)

Ok? left polotics for silent voices doesn't like scholl system do yhat u do because cuz u like it Talk show! goos speech:3 things

brevity levity repitition

starts with biggist mistake ever made, law school, parents fault uses humor 2 enhance speech

accountants laywers engineers, feuled economy, now not so important

physical learning makes circles NOT HIPPY! VERY GOOD!

doesn't care to be politicly correct

65% bigger living space self storage facilities bigger inductry than motion picture utility and signifigance wheres the meaning? baby boomers want signifigance

one word is routine that kind of work is going going gone

automation is really left brain save a bunch of mony 85% cheaper TURBO TAX!

6 abilities

DESIGN must be litrat gm is art CEO of p&G says its all design MFA=MBA

STORY facts are free, storys are important leadership wine example phone example STORY IMPORTINT IN MARKETING

SYMPHONY Drawing ex neg space

EMPATHY Important in medical and sales

PLAY laugh club

END OF SPARATIC NOTE TAKING SESH (short for session, not the actual word sheesh)

SUMMARY In this video, he said a lot that was in his book, so it was sorta boring for the parts I had already read, and occasionally I got lost in the parts I hadn't read, but I did pull a few important aspects from the video.

A major portion of what I got out of the vid (video) was some speaking tips for speeches. First, Mr. Pink used the "tell'em what you're gonna tell'em, tell'em, tell'em what you told'em" format for his lecture, which made it easy to follow. Also, he hit the audience with a lot of humor up front, which coupled with his casual tone to break the ice in the audience.

Another alarming thing I brought back with me is that all of the "six scenes" can, and do, apply to marketing. As I hope to become a marketer, this is good and bad. The good part is that the profession of marketing is pretty much safe from outsourcing/automation. The bad part is that I need to develop my "R-directed" thinking abilities. According to the online brain exam I took (See Brain Diagnosis) I am about 55% right brained. Not good for a marketer.

Now, do I view this last point as a bad thing? Well, it does mean that I am behind on my right brain skills (just like my computer-hacking skills and my cake baking skills. GOSH!) but I think it's a good warning light. After all, I am only a little (well, ok. not so little) freshman, so I still have some time to hone my right brain skills.

Overall, good vid, learned some stuff, had some fun, and still have a long way to go on my journey to right-braininess