Why you need a public speaking book

While on tour in SF this week I ran into some folks who read my earlier books. They were surprised I'd write a book about a topic as boring as public speaking.  Why not another innovation book, or a book on creative thinking? they'd ask. You know, FUN books. What does public speaking have to do with me, they'd say. It's a fair question to anyone who has been a fan of my work for awhile.

And I'd have to admit they had a point. Until I started working on this book, I'd never read a book on...