01We should X because Y
Write one line. Everything that doesn't serve it is cut.
Not: 'an overview of several things'.
Career Skills
A Five-Minute Talk
One point, a story, a close — then rehearse out loud twice
45 min4 photographed stepsBeginner
You will pick one idea, write a 5-minute outline (hook, three beats, ask), say it standing up twice, and cut anything that sounds like a LinkedIn essay.
What you'll learn
- One sentence thesis
- Hook that isn't 'today I want to talk about'
- Three beats max
- Rehearse out loud or it isn't rehearsed
Inside this course
- The pointIf you can't say it in one sentence, you don't have it.
- ShapeHook, three, close.
- RehearseThe whole course.
- In the roomStart later than you think.
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