Public speaking_AN ART

Many of us have experience this feeling of discomfort occasionally or as often as possible,we rarely felt at  ease over it, right from our child hood.Recall  our teacher called us to either read out a paragraph aloud in the class or asked us to answer a question or recite a poem.The moment that we are made to stand up and say some thing, invariably many of us barring a few  would have experienced,cold hands,trembling legs dried vocal cords and either stammered out the answers fumbling many times, if it was a question,read out in a monologue skipping words and sentences in fear if it was a reading test or hissed out under our breath croaking out some ineligible soundsif it was some response.
This physological fear has continued to dominate  us even today.The Most disguting part of any meeting is the Self introduction  portion,Many times I have even noticed people forgetting their names .We sit in  important meetings intently attending and acknowledging what ever is being told,but the moment a question is Raised asking about our comments or feedback, we rarely express our-self, in spite of having all the data in hand,ever imagined what could be the reason. well, its quoted that Next to death,the second feared item for any human is public speaking.
 We always admire people who can speak out spontaneously and wonder where from they have been gifted with this special talent(of course we often forget that we too have this in our blood,have we ever lost any of our quarrels/arguments with your spouse,parents,mother in law etc etc,where you just get all the vocabulary that you have never used in a free flow,amazed at your power of rememberance ,cause you can quote every instance of injustice or annoyance that you met with, How many Examples and quotes we are capable of throwing out) But why do we fail when it comes to saying a few words in public,  in front of a select group of audience.
Speakers also have their share of apathy,while we listen to some speakers intently and  want them to go on you may find them winding up.and in some other occasions,we may just keep waiting for the speaker to say those last words of conclusion amidst of booeing and claps to bid them an early exit.If we make a crisp analysis it may turn out that not all successful people are good speakers.But invariably all goods speakers have been real success in their chosen paths of progression

If we dole on the the essential attributes that makes anyone a better speaker.,the first and fore most maybe the content and information what is to be discussed.
INTERESTING:Every one of us would agree that we are really impressed with an interesting talk rather than an intelligent speech,and to make any content interesting it has to be laced with good anecdotes and topped with good humour,, just to recall all of us enjoyed the pattimandram speech of 5 minutes, better than the long drawn speeches on our Independence day. And the reasons can be guessed by all.The earlier speech was instantaneous,it had originality,and entwined with emotions. The later was a pre prepared speech,which depended more on the type of delivery,and was made flat by the speakers for lack of emotion and a bad preperation
We cannot set aside that all political speeches are monotonic,we should not forget that only with this single weapon of such inspiring and power packed speeches, the people have identified their leaders,not to miss Abraham Lincon, Mahatma Gandhi, Winston Churchill and WHO ARE STILL looked up with great respect for their prowess on public speaking,which were inspiring,motivating and had very strong messages to be carried forth.
When we were young we have heard our neighbours or parents commenting,வாய்  உள்ள பிள்ளை   பீழைத்து  கொள்ளும் (A child with speaking skills will survive all odds)And that looks a reality that of late the best paid people are motivational speaker, politicians, radio jockeys,news analysts and those umpteen number of consultants and religious spiritual gurus, who are capable of selling any thing thro their uninterrupted speech.
So lets not fear any more to speak out what we can with courage and with out any inhibitions, After all practice makes perfect so we can also be one among the good speakers

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