With the dismal job reports and the decline in our economy many U.S. employees are looking at alternatives. Some are considering a motivational speaking career in the public speaking industry.
Some have attended keynote speeches and thought to themselves “if that speaker can have a motivational speaking career…then I can do that too”. Well don’t underestimate the time and energy it takes to prepare a keynote speech. Learn from Winston Churchill. One day, while Prime Minister Churchill was splashing in his bathtub, his valet overheard him loudly talking. Believing he needed assistance, the valet entered andinquired, “Did you call, Sir?” “No,” Churchill replied. “I was just giving a speech to The House of Commons.”
At the small risk of leaving myself open to a charge of splitting hairs rather than implanting new growths, I’ve decided to separate speaking practice out from underneath the umbrella of speaking preparation. Practicing, or rehearsing, stands alone in effectively extinguishing fear. That said, let’s explore the value of vigorous rehearsal. You’d never have caught Sir Winston standing before Parliament and winging it. In fact, according to James vanFleet, in his book, Hidden Power, Churchill never made a speech of major importance without first rehearsing his speaking in front of a mirror. Imagine the man voted to have one of the greatest careers in public speaking but not be willing to rehearse?
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