The Quick and Easy Way to Effective Speaking

by Dale Carnegie

If you would impress an audience, be impressed yourself. Your spirit, shining through your eyes, radiating through your voice, and proclaiming itself through your manner, will communicate itself to your audience.

Every time you speak, and especially when your avowed purpose is to convince, what you do determines the attitude of your listeners. If you are lukewarm, so will they be; if

Show Respect and Affection for Your Audience

“Every human being has an inner sense of worth, of importance, of dignity. Wound that and you have lost that person forever. So when you love and respect a person you build him up and, accordingly, he loves and esteems you.

Begin in a Friendly Way

Be Mentally Ready to Speak Impromptu

So the first bit of advice I offer is this: condition yourself mentally to speak impromptu on all occasions.

Speak with Animation and Force

you speak with enthusiasm, you will find that what you say off the cuff has a vitality and punch that your prepared talks do not have.