Soundbite 06: Speak like an opera singer

07/24/23 • 5 min

Speechless – Tell Stories that Change the World

Delve into an unexpected lesson from one of Simon's opera singing mates. A powerful idea is not always about impacting millions of people: it's about impacting the right people. Tune in with Speechless co-hosts Simon Bucknall and Maryam Pasha to learn why leaving just one audience member speechless with your story is a win.

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Speechless – Tell Stories that Change the World - Soundbite 06: Speak like an opera singer

Transcript

Maryam Pasha 0:02
In this week's species of sound bite, we delve into the unexpected lessons from one of Simon's opera singing mates. I wasn't expecting this one, but it's good.
Simon Bucknall 0:16
So a very good friend of mine from school days, we known each other since we're about 1314. He's an opera singer, lovely guy. He is brilliant. It was obvious he was pretty good. You know, he did his grade eight singing and he got a distinction. And then it turns out he got the highest dis