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“Each of us believes himself to live directly within the world that surrounds him, to sense its objects and events precisely, and to live in real and current time. I assert these are perceptual illusions. Sensation is an abstraction, not a replication of the real world.” Vernon Mountcastle

Quote from YouTube Video: Kavli Prize Laureate Lecture – The Restless Brain

The Professional Speaking Guide

Recommended Reading List:

Indicates a must read book for those considering the professional speaking circuit.

Indicates an excellent general book on public speaking skills.

Indicates a resource for the seminar business.

Indicates a good resource for authors and key note speakers.

Recommended personal development books, tapes or videos.

Secrets of Superstar Speakers by Lilly Walters. Copyright 2000

Wisdom from the Greatest Motivators of our Time.

Speak and Grow Rich by Dottie & Lilly Walters, Copyright 1997

Another powerful book by the Walters for those aspiring to become a professional speaker. Definitely a must read. Better yet buy it and apply what you learn.

How to be a Great Communicator, in Person, on Paper and on the Podium by Nido R. Qubein.

The Complete System for Communicating Effectively in Business and in Life. Copyright 1997

Simply Speaking by Peggy Noonan. Copyright 1991

How to Communicate your Ideas with Style, Substance, and Clarity.

Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars by Michael Jeffreys Copyright 1996

“Lets you in on the real secrets of the superstars of the speaking world. Use it as your road map to speaking and leadership greatness!”

This is a great book to better understand how the pro’s think. The best would be to interview as many as you could yourself but Jeffreys does a good job interviewing 15 of the top speakers. What I like best is how he summed up the secrets of each of the speakers at the end of each chapter. Excellent for a quick review to inspire, motivate and educate. If your serious on being a pro and like to model the best then this book is another must read.

Secrets of Successful Speakers by Lilly Walters Copyright 1993

How You Can Motivate, Captivate & Persuade

How to Make it Big in the Seminar Business by Paul Karasik Copyright 1992

Create, Market & Deliver Your Own Seminar.

101 Simple Things to Grow Your Business & Yourself by Dottie & Lilly Walters

Money Talks by Alan Weiss

Speak for Millions by Fred Gleeck

Seminars to Build your Business by Barbara Siskind. Copyright 1998

A very affordable book from Self Counsel Press Business Series that provides valuable insight into the seminar and using it to build your business.

Science-fact-theory-hypothesis

Definitions key to discussions:

  • Fact: A fact is a statement that is true and can be proved with evidence.
  • Hypothesis: A hypothesis is a proposed explanation for a phenomenon that can be tested by the scientific method. A hypothesis has not been tested.
  • Theory: Scientific theories are distinguished from hypotheses, which are empirically testable conjectures, and from scientific laws, which are descriptive accounts of how nature behaves under certain conditions. Theories have been rigorously tested and widely accepted by the scientific community who agree the theory best explains the observations or phenomenon we experience.
  • Scientific Method: The scientific method is a body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge.
  • Empirical Evidence: Empirical evidence is the knowledge received by means of the senses, particularly by observation and experimentation.
  • Reality: Reality is the state of things as they actually exist, as opposed to an idealistic or notional idea of them.
  • Delusion: A delusion is a belief that is held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary.
  • Insanity: Insanity, craziness, or madness is a spectrum of behaviors characterized by certain abnormal mental or behavioral patterns.