Prioritise hope and the elements of your life that you can control and influence — and definitely prioritise your sense of humour and of proportion. Playing a role with a script (and someone to direct you) is very different to “being yourself” and taking responsibility for your choice of words. Her previous books include How to Own the Room: Women and the Art of Brilliant Speaking, and Lift As You Climb: Women, Ambition and How to Change the Story.

She has hosted book tours for Graham Norton and Jo Brand and is the veteran of four Edinburgh Fringe shows. As the Observer puts it: “This author is brilliant at ferreting out intriguing nuggets of information and synthesising them into a big but not over-simplified picture. This excerpt from a new book by Benjamin Toff Ruth Palmer and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen examines why they do it and five things news media can do about it.We give people around the world the opportunity to contribute to the circular economy, earn money and protect the planet, by trading their unwanted books and media. What I love about the conversations on How to Own the Room is how they show there are a million ways to approach a problem, that your character and your suitability for a situation play a huge role in success and that there is no silver bullet or trick that any of us are missing — most things happen either as a result of hard graft or thanks to an accident or a coincidence that no-one could have predicted. She is the host of the podcast How Own the Room, with over 2 million downloads and guests including Hillary and Chelsea Clinton, Margaret Atwood, Professor Mary Beard, Nigella Lawson and very occasionally a man like Brian Cox (Succession's Logan Roy).

The wider issue — certainly in the UK — is an issue that news providers can’t fix: increasingly people don’t feel part of a community… So no wonder they want to disengage from news when it only frightens and depresses them and makes them feel more atomised. Charisma: Charisma refers to a compelling and magnetic personality that attracts and influences others.When the business first launched she was on a career break, being a full-time parent and about to get divorced. Hi, I’m Suswati, journalist and editor, discovering what makes us human and “how to be”, whilst showcasing polarising conversations.