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Delivering the Speech of Your Life

At first, my focus was all on me: "I’m going to screw this up so bad." "I have nothing intelligent to say, and this guy will see through me in about three seconds." "I’m Italian. I’m dumb. I can’t compete with these smart people."

But over time I decided I wanted to win. And to win I was going to have to convince the judge — to move him or her somehow. And then it became fun. Because it was no longer about me. It was about my audience: getting listeners from here to there — changing their mind — actually having them leave the room thinking differently than when they entered. And that’s powerful.

It’s been a blast ever since.

Dan Pallotta

Full Story: http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/2011/03/delivering-the-speech-of-your.html

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