BY
WAN HIZAM BIN WAN HASSAN
Speaking
in Public
An English proverb says “talk is cheap!”
But nowadays a good talk “can be very expensive” indeed.
There
are people who travels between cities town to town, delivering speeches as a form of entertainment or information to paying audiences. Example:
Oprah Winfrey – The Oprah Show
David Letterman – Late Night with
Letterman (50K per speech)
Do you know who „them‟?
A
few are “naturals” who seem born with a talent Some had benefits by public speaking courses in college
Some by expensive way, by seeking private instruction in speechmarking, which cost more than 50K for six hours of individual work No, talk is not cheap!
During
modern times today, men and women around the globe have spreads their ideas and influence through public speaking
In
U.S. the list would include:
Franklin Roosevelt
Ronald Reagen
Martin Luther King
Jesse Jackson
In
other countries:
Margaret Thatcher
Nelson Mandela
Aung San Suu Kyi
Adolf
Hitler – Nazi
Sukarno – President of Republic of Indonesia
Julius Caeser – Roman Empire
Martin Luther King – U.S. Black People
Napolean Bonaparte – Leaders of French
Mohandas K.Gandhi – India
Malcolm X- American Islamic Movement
Aristotle – Roman/Greek
“Friendship
is a single soul dwelling in two bodies” - Aristotle
“Imagination
rules the world” - Napolean
Bonaparte
“He
alone, who owns the youth, gains the future” – Adolf Hitler
“Death
solves all problems – no man, no problem” – Joseph Stalin
“If
you love life, don‟t waste time, for time is what life is made up of” - Bruce Lee
“The
man who has no imagination has no wings” – Muhammad Ali
“There
is no vaccine against stupidity” –
Albert Einstein
“Lots
of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want