What’s the secret behind world-class speakers?
Many world-class speakers and conference curators have varied responses to the above question; but arguably one of the most consistent responses is that “CONTENT IS KING”.
During my research on “World-Class Talent & Performance”, I found that world-class professionals constantly challenge their abilities and take up complex projects which requires them to dig into deep study in their respective subject.
Here are three best practices to dive deep into your content and make it world-class
Latest Research Papers: Websites referring to the latest research on the topic of your interest. Websites like Google Scholar, researchgates.net could be the starting point for the same. These papers might be hard to understand for a beginner but do remember that we don’t become world-class by doing SIMPLE things as world-class are known for doing COMPLEX things with simplicity.
Best business publications: Publications such as Harvard Business Review (HBR) hold a special status in the business world. Hence always look for various articles related to your topic on resources like HBR. Also, it’s not just about “Reading the article” but deeply studying them. To take your research to the next level, go through the articles which are referred to in a given article through hyperlinks.
Bestseller books on your topic: In today’s day and age, there are many books written on every topic & very few of them become best sellers. But how does one find the best seller books? Go to amazon and look for a topic and refer to “Number of Reviews”. A regular book might have 10 or 100 comments but best seller books usually have more than 10K review comments.
Reading a book takes a few days but doing a “Deep Study” of the same content may take a few months or even years. This is definitely not an overnight success plan but a “deliberate practice” of a few years to become world-class in your industry.
