Publicly Speaking

"Forget all the conventional 'rules' but one. There is one golden rule: Stick to topics you deeply care about and do not keep your passion buttoned inside your vest. An audiences' biggest turn on is the speakers' obvious enthusiasm. If you are lukewarm about the issue, forget it!"
Tom Peters

We all know how passion is the basis of public speaking. But, it's an abstract concept.

The best concrete illustration of passion I have seen recently is Benjamin Zander. Watch his passion and learn:

Came across a couple of interesting videos today.

Interesting from my perspective for three reasons:

- such a diverse group with members from so many different countries
- clearly, the meetings differ from Asian meetings, yet are so similar too
- whilst the formats of the meetings vary, the benefits remain constant.

Enjoy: