I’ve been doing this awesome little radio show with my publisher Jan Hermsen of LeRue Press, Ed Noel with Omega Mortgage Group, and Doug Ashby, author of Heroes and Giants, for some time.
What do I think about it? I think it’s great fun and we really have a good time together. People often ask me what is the show about. Well…it’s a combination of book news and publishing news, what’s going on in the world, including our little town (our choice of topic!) and mainly our opinions on stuff. The bottom line is I hope it’s as interesting to you as it is to me!
To bring it home, I was watching an old episode of Cheers where Sam Malone gets offered a spot on a sports news television station to give his opinion on sports matters. Quite frankly, I pictured myself in Sam’s place. I laughed my fool head off because I could relate to Sam. He tried so hard to give an opinion piece not based on his opinion, but on what he thought his opinion should be.
After his first time on the news show he turned to one of his co-news contributors and asked for any tips. She turned to him and said, “Be interesting.”
A tough task, honestly.
So how can you be more interesting? Be yourself! Everyone has a story, a history, life experiences (for the most part). Tap into that. Pick several anecdotal stories and keep those on hand just in case you are called upon to keep the conversation going.
Be interested in others. Ask questions. Find out how you can relate, find the common ground. Less focus on self and more on others is always appropriate.
Keep your curiosity alive. Learn new things. Learn old things. There’s so much to learn and share, you just gotta dig for it.
Your own opinion does matter! Not to dominate the conversation with it, but to share what you think and your personal observations can be enlightening to others.
And please check out our YouTube station LeRue Press.
For more tips on how to be interesting check out this link from Business Insider.
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April Voytko Kempler is the author of The Altered I: Memoir of Holocaust Survivor Joseph Kempler
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