The last point came from Toastmasters. I have finally summon enough courage to attend a Toastmasters chapter meeting, and boy was I in for a surprise. I see how effortlessly the people there get their point across. I also see people who struggled to get their point across even when the whole speech was prepared before hand. And then, the real kicker came when they started to analyse the speech.
I then see how difficult it was to make a good speech, and how the really good ones make them look so easy. They look at everything, from the eye contact, to the body language, to the tone, to the actions, all down to the very detail of how many times “ah” and “mmm” were said during the speech.
Everyone is trying to get their point across to the audience. Everyone is trying their best to make their point as clearly and as interestingly as possible so that the audience do get the point.
What i want to highlight is this, again, it’s the environment. Toastmasters is an environment where you can learn to get your point across. It is a safe environment. It is a controlled environment. You get feedback from people who wants you to succeed. You get encouragement from people who wants you to succeed. Everyone is afraid at some point. And I guess that’s the main point isn’t it?
Fear.
Fear of getting your point across. It comes back to focus. If we remember why we are doing what we are doing, if we remember our focus, there is nothing to fear. Just go back to our point. Always go back to our point. Do not dilute your point. Do not take a scattergun approach. Focus on your point, and fear will just melt away, because fear has no part in your point. Fear do not have a role when you know what you are doing. Because when you go back to your point, everything else is just noise.
Have you figured out your point yet?
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the best part is the impromptu speech. a more advance form would be what we see in whose line is it anyway.