Motivating and Business speeches

Today I’m in a motivating speech mood. ‘Simplicity’ is the keystone. I like the sound of simplifying everything down. So I’m reseaching the word, the topic, the religion (Quakers and Taoists) and can you believe the language? It’s called Toki Pona and was invented in 2001. It has something like 118 words in total. Incredible. If I ever have to study languages again, I’m electing for this one. Anyway I came across a guy Bill Jensen whose written a couple of books on simplicity in business and life. There is a stat along the lines of 80% of business communication has absolutely nothing to do with getting things done. Wow.

That includes meetings, e-mails and presentations, which is where I come in writing business speeches. He talks about getting people engaged being the key to simplicity. So you make a business speech like a story. You describe where we are, where we want to be and how to get there. I’ve adapted that last bit a little as I think it sounds better.

If you have anything else in your business speech, it’s probably in the 80%. I’m going to bear it in mind. As for the motivational speech on ‘Simplicity’. I’m still working on it. It’s more complicated than I thought.

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