let's talk about the importance of
public speaking public speaking is an
amazing skill and there are a lot of
reasons to take it seriously so let's
get into those details now hello there
friends and welcome back I'm Alex line
if we have not met yet this channel is
called communication coach and we are
here for your professional development
we focus especially on communication
skills for emerging leaders so that's
probably somebody like you so in this
video we're going to talk about the
importance of public speaking a really
important topic for me and we're going
to talk about four reasons why you
should take it seriously the first
reason is your career development this
is a really important skills that will
position you as a leader I said about a
million times on this channel but when
people see you standing up in front of
other people speaking they will say to
themselves that's a leader in fact I've
coached people on public speaking and
they will routinely tell me after they
do a good presentation someone will come
up to them and say you know have you
thought about applying for this
promotion we have over in this other
department when you're standing up
speaking you're literally leading the
conversation during that time and
because you're prepared and you know
what you want to say and you're getting
your point across people really see that
as leadership in fact there's a really
rich guy Warren Buffett he's one of the
richest guys in the world you may have
heard of him and he says that by
learning to speak well publicly you add
50% value to your career because you're
taking whatever you know let's say it's
computer programming or art or
accounting whatever your subject matter
is and now you're sharing it now you're
transmitting that knowledge and that
value you're communicating to other
people so you take whatever you know and
now you're sharing it more broadly and
that adds value to everybody around you
and thus to your career so professional
to them a career development is number
one number two reason is personal
development I don't know about you but
any time I learn a new skill whether
it's surfing or Brazilian jiu-jitsu or
some kind of other skill like
photography I get a sense of personal
value out of
that skill and public speaking is like
that in fact because there's a little
bit of nervousness involved and
excitement of all the public speaking we
really gain a sense of confidence when
we do it and then end up doing it pretty
well there's that balance of challenge
and success that can make it very
satisfying and I've seen people start to
speak well publicly and then they start
feeling more confident in other areas of
their life because they know they can
rise to the occasion and take challenges
head-on so your own personal development
is another reason to do it a third
reason is working on finding your voice
so your point of view for example on the
world on whatever topic you're talking
about at first when we first our public
speaking we often start to imitate other
speakers and just get by just work on
our nerves and work on our basics but as
you get better at public speaking you
really find your own unique voice your
own unique perspective on a subject and
then you add that to the conversation
I'm guessing that you have an important
message to share for example something
that only you really can talk about in
your way and the world needs that and by
learning maybe you could blog about it
maybe you could write a book about it
but public speaking is one great way to
get your point of view out there in the
world and it will help you find your
voice by practicing public speaking and
the fourth reason is ultimately to
benefit others so far we've talked about
finding your voice and personal
development and career development but
really the whole reason to speak
publicly in front of other people is to
benefit your listeners otherwise you
could just go speak in a closet so by
speaking publicly you get to teach
people and they get to benefit that way
you lead them in a new direction you
share what you have with the world and
we need more positive encouraging
helpful voices than other than that than
ever in the conversation of life because
let's face it not everybody out there
has something positive to say and there
are a lot of people that you might label
quote jerks out there and they're
speaking up they're speaking publicly so
we need your voice out there to help
benefit
other people so this video is the first
video in a three-part series there are
two others attached to this so let me
tell you about a couple of ways forward
there's another video called how to
improve public speaking you can watch
that one next and there's a third one
called how to practice a speech I'll put
links to that in the description below I
also wanted to offer you two resources
the first one is a free PDF download on
instant tips to help you become a more
confident composed public speaker you
put your email in and I send you those
those tips in the PDF and the last one
is a full course that I have created
called present like a pro and it's
designed to help you become a top 10%
speaker in your professional setting you
can do the course in about 30 days about
30 lessons and it's all designed to help
you work on your presentation design
work on your stand-up skills and also
we're gonna how to open and close like a
boss so it's a real comprehensive
approach so question of the day what are
your thoughts on the importance of
public speaking I would love to hear
your comments for you personally why
it's important to you and that section
will load the video so thanks god bless
and I will see you in the next video