In the present day, ability to talk is indispensable to every one whether he is a teacher, politician, worker, engineer, industrialist, lawyer, doctor, actor, or even house wife. Today the size of the world has shrunk and more than ever before our dependency on others has become greater for living our everyday life. You have to talk, mingle and motivate people. In a competitive world, the problem is more acute. The ability to talk and talk well has become so pronounced that we now dub an unsuccessful person as a dumb one. Next to sleeping eating and drinking we perhaps talk more than we do anything else. We can improve the quality of our living by improving the quality of our talk.
Talking and speaking plays a great part in our lives. According to Jackson, Talk can create new worlds with new and different people in them. What can’t we do with it? Communication brings everything. Love is found by it. Home is made by it. What a great power we have and always with us With a few words, we can dissolve loneliness, we can encourage, we can set free, we can bring alive, we can understand all with just our ordinary vocabularies.
You can see, feel, realize and appreciate the magic wonder of word power and forceful speech when you consider how Mark Antony had turned the mad, yelling, blood—thirsty, antagonistic Roman crowds into his faithful and ardent followers by his famous speech. On the other hand the Great Alexander had to abandon, his dream of world conquest, turn back and die enroute as a disappointed man at the prime of his youth, because his words failed to convince and rouse the enthusiasm of his soldiers:
Although the able and great Abraham Lincoln is no more with us but the words of freedom and hope he uttered at Gettysburg continue to ring in our ears. This memorable speech of his is perhaps the widest read human document in the world.
Winston Churchill literally won the World War by his sheer word power. By Ii is powerful talks he made Ii is countrymen stand firm, united and determined in the face of crushing defeat. It is not too much to say that his words turned defeat into victory.
It is interesting as well as encouraging to note that all these great people are not born orators. They became famous speakers by learning, training and constant practice. It is said of Demosthenes, the great orator of ancient Greece, that lie was initially the worst stammerer of Athens. In order to attain mastery as an orator it appeared that lie went to the beach each morning, put quite a few pebbles in his mouth and started addressing the waves. No wonder that he became the legendary orator for others to emulate after his so many daily harangues of the waves. If such physically handicapped, socially shy and educationally unqualified individuals could establish themselves as great speakers and move millions by the force of their words, why not you? Certainly you can. In fact you can do far better with the modern facilities and techniques available at your disposal. What is more, it is a must, if
ii are to succeed in your life and gain the coveted goal you have t your eyes on. If you are warm, friendly, outgoing sympathetic, accommodative, considerate, appreciative, ready to talk and to .en and have understanding, then you will find that others are ready to share with you and lay bare their hearts and minds in your company. They will seek your company out and engage you in conversation.