When one says the word "audience" most will typically think of a large group of people watching or listening to something on a stage. However, we have audiences in everything we do everyday. Anyone who is a parent knows that their children is their audience 24 hours a day. Their children are watching, evaluating, and processing everything their parents say and do. When we are with an audience of friends, our friends are observing our responses, attitudes, and mannerisms. Our spouses are such a captivated audience, observing and knowing their mate well enough to actually manipulate and push buttons knowing the response they are going to get even before it happens.
With this in mind, we should be as aware of our everyday actions as we are when we are actually speaking in front of a designated group of people. Just as you need to utilize audience analysis and adaptation with a group of designated people, you should be doing this with your children, friends, family, co-workers, and spouse. You are always being watched and evaluated. There is always an audience before you.
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