Waching daily Apr 2 2018

What should I wear today for this video I am not about to switch to a clip of me

in my boxer shorts I've always regretted it no matter what it is that you choose

to wear make sure it fits you it fits you go to see a tailor today I'm

dressed in smart casual not too casual not too smart there is a saying the most

beautiful you can thing you can wear is confidence if you wear a t-shirt and

you pitch into financial services use your common sense the likelihood is this

is not a good thing don't be stupid we should as a rule try and reflect our

audience in what we're wearing we can violate this rule yes if you are

pitching underwear you could pitch in your underwear and no I am not about to

switch to a clip of me in my boxer shorts we can wear whatever we like if

it is congruent and part of our pitch

hmm what should I wear today for this video what should I wear for a pitch I

have to give lots of thoughts about what I'm going to wear every time I appear on

camera today I'm dressed in smart casual not too casual not too smart so

hopefully I'm accessible to you and when it comes to pitches I also need to think

about what I'm going to wear there is a saying the most beautiful you can thing

you can wear is confidence and if you feel confident wearing a t-shirt good on

you but if you wear a t-shirt and you pitch into financial services the

likelihood is this is not a good thing we should as a rule try and reflect our

audience in what we're wearing if they wear t-shirts when we pitch we should

wear t-shirts if they wear suits we should wear suits now we can violate

this rule we can in actual fact wear absolutely anything we want if it's

congruent and works as part of our pitch for example I saw an individual pitching

a medical device therefore he wore and he wore a medical gown and a medical hat

completely incongruent with the normal pitch but it worked because it was seen

as a prop and part of his pitch that means yes if you are pitching underwear

you could pitch in your underwear and no I am not about to switch to a clip of me

in my boxer shorts we can wear whatever we like if it is congruent and part of

our pitch a couple more points when I go to pitch I typically wear a white shirt

white shirts look smart and crisp white think virgin think new think natural

when you go to a French restaurant you get a lovely thick tablecloth which is

nearly always white this is a formal dining that's what it says about you if

you're wearing a white shirt now you can get into a little bit of trouble

if you wear something really formal and you meet a lot of people that are not

dressed formally but it's okay you can dress down but you can't dress up I once

gave a pitch into a premium German motor manufacturer it was only me and I walked

into the room and there were 15 male engineers they all wore small shirts

with the arms cut off here and open neck as soon as I got in there I took off my

jacket I removed my tie and I rolled up my sleeves so I started to mirror that

audience I could do that because I could dress down but had I gone in there

with a t-shirt and they were all wearing suits I'd have been screwed because I

could not dress up final point to think about when you go to pitch no matter

what it is that you choose to wear make sure it is tailored by which I mean it

fits you I was recently at a talk and an individual stood up to give a 20-minute

talk in the tightest fitting shirt I've ever seen every single contour of his

body was outlined and it was pretty unfortunate for him because he did not

have an aesthetically pleasing body to look at some way far from it in fact

it's a really good idea if you're wearing a t-shirt if you're wearing a

shirt if you're wearing a suit whatever it is you're wearing make sure it fits

you and if it doesn't fit you it's too loose too tight go to see a tailor it

doesn't mean you need to go and get a tailored suit all it means is you need

to go and get it fitted so the arms links are correct the neck is correct

a lot of men that I've seen have pitched and they've got shirts which don't quite

meet around the middle because they are an actual fact too large nowadays so the

shirt does not fit them properly in other words the chest fits them but the

neck doesn't so they have a tie but it's not done all the way up because the

collar will not cross over and will not match in that situation that

individual needs to go to a tailor and get a tailor-made shirt so in conclusion

what should you wear when you go to pitch you should wear something which

you feel confident in but that's not the only rule you can wear things which are

completely peculiar and deviate from the normal kind of thing you'd wear in a

pitch if it supports your pitch make sure that whatever you're wearing is

well tailored and it fits you and finally it's better to dress up so you

can dress down than the other way round