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A Question Posing a question is an effective way to begin a speech. It is an equally effective strategy for closing your speech. A well-structured and relevant question that brings your speech to a close gives your audience the opportunity to contemplate their possible response and combine what they’ve learned in your talk with their personal views. For example, in one of Craig Valentine’s keynotes, he closes by asking “Are you too good to be great?” This generates a great deal of reflection because it forces the listeners to consider whether their current comfort level is keeping them from achieving more in life.
World Class Speaking in Action
Craig Valentine
We accommodate our physical and mental limitations. Our expectations shrink. Aware of our diminishing capacities, we choose ever more restricted activities and projects, to ensure we can fulfill them. Indeed, this constriction happens almost imperceptibly. Over time, and without our conscious choice, we transform our lives. We don’t notice that we are aspiring to and doing less and less.
Why I Hope to Die at 75
Ezekiel J
I’m drawn to people who really love their craft, and treat it like a craft, and are always trying to be better and are obsessed with what separates great from good. And so I’ll ask a lot about those things. Like who is the best in the world at what you do, and who are your influences?
Drew Houston of Dropbox: Figure Out the Things You Don’t Know - NYTimes.com
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