STAGE TIME: “What, Exactly, Is An ‘Ah-ha’ Moment?”
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Have you ever asked yourself, “What, exactly, is an ‘ah ha’ moment? How can I get more, and allow my audiences to enjoy more of them?”
If you are anything like me, you live for them. They are the discovery moments the audiences come for. For me personally, that’s why I gravitated from stand-up comedy to professional speaking. I get excited to create “ah-ha” moments in the minds of my audience. I love it!
I never really stopped to think about what the “ah-ha” moment actually signifies. What really transpires in the mind of an audience member at that exact moment? Last week, I was getting some coaching from my Life Coach, Dawn Nocera, on a few of my own personal challenges. She gave me a huge “ah-ha” moment about “ah-ha” moments.
Dawn said: “The ah-ha moments that you experience are evidence of letting of an old belief.”
Brilliant! I’d never really thought about it, but she’s right… it is a change in belief. Beliefs are what we operate on. They are our thinking and what guides us. We need to align our beliefs with where we want to go. People come to us as speakers, trainers, and presenters to get the “ah-ha” moments about our subjects of expertise.
Since Dawn is a teacher of the Law of Attraction, she added: “Your vibration point of attraction grows with every ‘ah-ha’ moment you experience.”
We change people’s beliefs when we give them our perspective if it is more enlightened, in this one area, than their own. We learn more ourselves as students when we are open to other experts’ perspectives. We communicate better with people when we try to understand their perspective.
Increase the value of your presentations by giving more enlightening moments.
What can you do to give your audience more “ah-ha” moments?
Iknow what you mean about a-ha moments. In the last month, I’ve had two major ones.
One came last week when I debuted my latest contest speech. Twelve people in my club provided the moment, by responding the way they did to the story.I asked for an oral group evaluation–I didn’t realize the power of the story to touch them.
That has given me the confidence to work harder on making the story even more powerful. That’s what I can do, share the sotry with more people, and gratefully receive their feedback.
Great post — a real “ah-ha” moment for me! Thanks, Darren. I’m going to share this link on my FB page.
For me, the change in belief is the result of a changed perspective (point of view). If our stories as speakers can shift that point of view, the audience members will have a new perspective. If it isn’t a prespective they’ve had and it is something they accept, the aha moment is nearly inevitable.