Self-Discipline and Public Speaking
One of the air marks of a good public speaker is self-discipline-exercising control over one’s actions. Having the “will power”-to do or not to do.
As a public speaker self-control is a necessary character trait. Good public speakers are not irresponsible with their words. They are deliberate about them…they choose them wisely and carefully.
Though speakers can technically say whatever they like.. or act any way they want-great speakers govern themselves-they adhere to certain societal norms of behavior and conduct.
Both Hitler and Martin Luther King Jr. can be categorized as eloquent speakers. But the character, behavior, and intention of the two men’s speeches were vastly different!
What made the difference? Aside from ideology…self-control.
King, though wronged by United States exercised self-control and encouraged it among his followers-he valued the lives of his followers and those of the oppressors. While Hitler, enacted what seemed right in his own eyes-giving into his desires regardless of how it impacted on those around him-only his life and those of the Nazi were sacred.
In this instance it is clear how self-discipline affected-positively and negatively the “greatness” of these two speakers.
But what about you? If you lack self-discipline can you still be a great public speaker? Yes. You can work on strengthening your self-control. But…how?
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