I can't imagine anybody waking up one morning and exclaiming, “I need to learn to speak better.”

Better than what?

You get invited to an interview. It's not that you want to speak better. You want to find the language that will enable you to secure the job.

When I was still teaching, a thin, weedy-looking boy approached me because he wanted to join the Speech and Drama Guild.

I asked him the question I always asked.

Why?

And he said he'd met a girl, and he felt stupid when he talked to her.

He wanted to speak better...

You Don't Need an About Page version 2

There are ways to find out who someone "is."

You can visit their website.

You can find the About page.

Or you can listen to them.

Really listen.

Because sometimes the person speaking, tells you considerably more about themselves through the questions they ask than through anything they have written about themselves.

For this Audio-About Page, I start with an unlikely place: The Matrix Reloaded.

Seraph doesn't look Neo up.

He doesn't check his credentials.

He doesn't search for an About page.

He fights him.

You Don't Need an About Page

There are ways to find out who someone "is."

You can visit their website.

You can find the About page.

Or you can listen to them.

Really listen.

Because sometimes the person speaking, tells you considerably more about themselves through the questions they ask than through anything they have written about themselves.

For this Audio-About Page, I start with an unlikely place: The Matrix Reloaded.

Seraph doesn't look Neo up.

He doesn't check his credentials.

He doesn't search for an About page.

He fights him.