Be Absorbed by Your Subject

If you feel deeply about your subject you will be able to think of little else. Concentration is a process of centering on more important matters. It is too late to think about whether you have gargled listerine this morning once you are on the platform, so focus your interest on what you are about [...]

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Expect Success

Let your bearing be modestly confident, but most of all be modestly confident within. Over-confidence is bad, but to tolerate expectations of failure is worse, for a bold man may win attention by his very bearing, while a coward invites disaster.
Humility is not the personal discount that we must offer in the presence of others.  [...]

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Learn to think on your feet

One of the best exercises for learning to think and speak on the feet is to practice daily giving two-minute impromptu talks upon chosen subjects. A good plan is to write subjects of a general character, on say fifty or more index cards, and then to speak on each subject as it is chosen.
This simple [...]

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