The 7 Proven Secrets of the Greatest Public Speaker in History

Abstract

The 7 Secrets of the Greatest Speaker in History Section Number Greene believes that “Every single human being can be a great speaker and that their own words can create a tipping point, thus changing the world (2:04-16). It is a very inspiring belief, and just like Schultze (2020), public speaking is a gift to anyone who can speak. According to Greene, no one is born a great speaker, but with passion and love, a person can acquire the right skills through practice and elimination of fear and come out to address the public on a noted issue/problem. Based on Greene, public speaking becomes successful when the speaker accepts who they are and speaks from the heart to reflect their inner self to the target audience. Public speaking is not about action but rather about “you” as a speaker to allow what is within such a speaker’s heart to define their potential throughout their engagement with the target audiences. For this reason, Greene defines public speaking as “nothing more than having a conversation from the heart about something you are authentically passionate about”. It is a definition that goes hand in hand with Schultze's (2020) argument on public speaking, citing it as servant speaking directed to serve others with love and compassion guided by the speaker's passion for addressing the needs of the neighbors in totality. Based on Greene, wording while presenting a speech plays a significant role in defining a speaker's potential to deliver an impacting speech (2:20). Greene insists on the need to understand the importance of words in touching and communicating to the audience as their impact can change the world. However, the speaker further adds that though words are essential, they only take 7% of the speaker's effect on the target audience; thus, the need to incorporate voice tone and body language, which takes 38% and 55% consecutively in defining the speakers impact on the target audience (2:20-55). Based on Greene, the three serve as the most potential pathways for excellent communication, thus the need to employ them to enhance success in speech presentation. The secret number is about narrowing one topic to get the target audience's attention. Based on Greene, most speakers forget that word takes only 7% of the speaker's impact and thus use so much data to prove their intelligence on the topic. However, with a narrowed topic, the speaker can have the main idea of the speech, thus paying particular attention to it and delivering it beyond a reasonable doubt. According to Schultze (2020), narrowing the audience and topic enhances the prioritization of the most excellent ideas that...