Transcriber: 24 Anh Reviewer: Sebastian Betti
Let’s go on a journey.
It’s a gallery of all of our firsts.
Over there!
We see the first thing we ever made, cooked.
It was just bread.
He was a peanut butter sandwich, but it tasted good and it was our first one.
And then over there! On the right, first picture we ever drew.
Now it was just a stick figure, but it was the first thing we ever drew.
Nevertheless, it made us proud.
But there, in the ominous distance on our left, we see
the terrible, the frightening first speech we ever gave.
Let’s be honest, it was scary.
It was difficult.
Probably went like this. You remember that speech?
You practiced it like the back of your head. You knew it.
And then suddenly on the day of it,
it went ..., you forgot everything.
And trust me, you're not alone in this.
Public speaking is the number one fear in the world.
And I was one of those people because public speaking was difficult.
But then I joined a public speaking class,
and the change is so revolutionary.
Because not only did I become more educated,
but I also started to listen.
And overall, this impacted all aspects of my life.
But education?
See, when we start doing something like public speaking, for me, it was debate.
I started debating. Now debate is literally topics.
And we, of course, debate.
We debate about these topics and in the process, we learn more about them.
Now, chances are, people aren't going to be like, Hey, how was your day?
And what about the Green New Deal?
But you are able to become more educated.
You learn more about the world around you,
which is just so beautiful.
But even if you’re not debating, even if you are simply doing speech,
you learn how to use better words, more eloquent words.
Huh! See what I did there with the eloquence.
You’re able to become a better speaker.
And overall, this changes the way you talk to other people.
You seem more educated,
but even more than that, you begin to listen.
Did you know that you talked to
approximately twenty seven people per day?
Twenty seven conversations, new conversations that you have.
In a week, that’s one eighty nine.
But it doesn’t just stop there. In a year, it expands.
Then in your life, that is a lot.
But a major part of every conversation you have is listening.
You have to start listening.
For me, it was going in front of a panel of judges
and them giving me feedback
From this, I would learn.
I would learn how to be a better speaker.
If you can’t too, now watch this.
So Jeannette was a cat and the owner’s name was --
Do you see that?
I went silent and as a result, all of you guys started to stare.
Now watch this.
I’m using bigger hand gestures.
You view me as more authoritative.
I’m using smaller hand gestures.
I become more timid.
You can see the way public speaking
and especially psychology affect your life.
And I learned all of this through listening people give me feedback.
All of your eyes right now on me gives me feedback.
Whether you're listening to me, whether you think I'm funny,
whether I’m making you sad.
Listening is so important.
But even more than that, you’re able to become confident.
Now I want you to do something. Get up.
Let’s all get up.
It’s a lot, I know.
OK, now we’re going to raise our right hand.
And let’s go hi on the count of three.
One two three. Hi.
OK, let’s do that a little bit louder.
one two three. Hi.
Now, one more time.
Really, really loud.
One two three. HI!
We saw what we did there. Now you could sit back down.
But we started getting involved.
All of us, all of us in the room were trying to say hi.
We saw each other’s struggles,
but we saw ourselves getting more confident.
That’s exactly what happens in public speaking.
You’re scared. I know.
But you do it with so many other people.
As a result, you become better.
You become so much better.
But you don't have to just join public speaking to do this,
public speaking costs money.
You can do something like
starting a club at school where other people can join you
and you can become better together.
Or you can even watch your favorite speech of
the best speaker you've ever seen.
What you’re doing now, watching me, observing what I’m doing.
You can see how you can maybe improve yourself.
Our goal here is to learn
and public speaking can help you do exactly that.
Now, let’s go back to this gallery.
Right. We’re walking, then on our right.
We see with proud eyes the first successful speech we ever gave.
We know we have public speaking to thank for it.