I’m sure that you’ve heard it said: “practice makes perfect”. Well, this is not quite so; perfect practice makes perfect. One needs to do all that is possible to have everything in place to practice perfectly. It’s hard for me to assist my speech clients virtually, via the Internet as we are doing in my blogs and email coaching program (I do however offer "speech coaching" to businesses around and near Duluth Minnesota, details at: www.terscott.com/speakercoach) . However, the best way is to sit down and ask yourself questions such as “how can I make this by best speech ever?” How can I add things with my voice, with my actions and gestures, with my props and visual aids to add interest in this presentation?” How, how, and more “how” questions.
This morning during my “reading time” I came across this quote which certainly applies to our speech giving. Here it is.
“Try a thing you haven’t done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And the third time, to figure out whether you like it or not.”
What’s cool about this quote is that it was advice given by someone who may be just a bit older than you. At 93 Virgil Thomson gave us those thoughts.
Ter
PS. Here are some quotes.
To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. Buddha
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mohandas Gandhi
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. Mohandas Gandhi
Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong. Winston Churchill
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