Actions and the words that inpsire them. If actions speak louder than words, then how come Marcel Marceau is not fondly remembered as a wonderful public speaker?
The truth is we need words, directions, ideas and inspiration to spur us onto action. This is why a good speech is so important. You really have to use words and good words to motivate people to do things. Indeed it is the ‘doing’ that counts, but it is your words that start the ball rolling. Inspire, inspire, inspire! Go set the world on fire.

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I don’t know if celebrated Irish author James Joyce was ever in demand as inspirational or motivational speaker. His famous twentieth century introspective masterpiece OR the most famous book that no one has read, ULYSEES recently topped another poll for the greatest book ever written. I can’t even begin to imagine what an after dinner speech by Joyce would sound like. Surely it would last for days and be miserable and utterly interminable.

How gratifying then that Brazillian author Paulo Cohelo’s THE ALCHEMIST comes in at number two. This simple, down to earth tale of fate, faith and chance is the most motivational and inspring book I have ever read. No doubt its author is much in demand as a speech giver. You would expect to come away feeling inspired, moved, motivated and even happy to be alive. I know which book, I’d rather read and who I would rather listen to speak.

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