Every now and then it is important to remind ourselves of some of the foundations that can lift us to great heights in speaking. Here are 25 phrases to do just that.
- Speak to one but look to all
- When you lift yourself up you let your audience down
- What gets recorded gets rewarded
- Don’t add humor to a speech; uncover humor within it
- What’s loose is lost
- When you squeeze your information in, you squeeze your audience out (this one is not mine. It’s an old speaker proverb).
- You master what you measure
- Conflict is the hook and Dialogue is the heart
- Put the process, not the person, on a pedestal
- The phrase determines what stays
- To be a great speaker you must be a great tease
- Be a similar person with a special process
- Never sell a product, always sell a result
- Let your story lead to their story
- Never end with the Q&A
- People remember best what they hear first and what they hear last
- Don’t tell; ask
- You can’t affect if they don’t reflect
- Become niche and famous (If you try to speak to everyone you will end up speaking to no one)
- A confused mind says no but a clear mind says go
- Give the visual before the verbal
- Give the look that goes with the line
- Reactions tell the story (Darren LaCroix)
- Too many speakers try to get across too much information in too little time
- Don’t speak for standing ovations, speak for standing invitations
To get a better understanding of what these phrases mean and how life-changing they can be for your speaking, see the World Class Speaking book.
As a motivational speaker I've been fortunate to have spoken in over 20 countries, and back in 1999 Toastmasters International awarded me the World Champion of Public Speaking.
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