Despite the fact that public speaking remains an important and relevant skill in our modern age -- you never know when you'll need to give a toast at a wedding, pitch an idea at work, or champion a proposal at a city council meeting -- most of us get very little instruction these days in how to do it effectively.

Fortunately, my guest says, we can look to the great orators of the past to get the public speaking education we never received. His name is John Hale, and he's professor of archeology as well the lecturer of The Great Courses course Art of Public Speaking: Lessons from the Greatest Speeches in History. Today on the show, John shares what we can learn about the physicality of public speaking from Demontheses of Athens, the importance of empathetic body language from Patrick Henry, the effective use of humor from Will Rogers, the power of three from the apostle Paul, and the potency of brevity and well-executed organization from Abraham Lincoln. 

Get the show notes at aom.is/publicspeak.

#698: The Secrets of Public Speaking From History's Greatest Orators

Emotional healing is absolutely essential to expert performance.

Heartset work [introduced in The 5AM Club] allows you to dissolve the repressed regret, disappointment, shame, anger and sorrow that we all experience as we advance through life.

Working on a better Mindset for 2021 while neglecting your Heartset sets up a situation of self-sabotage where your intellect knows what you should do yet your emotional world keeps you limited.

What I’ve come to realize is that pain is a doorway. If you have the courage to just be with it versus numbing out and escaping from it, it will bring you giant gifts. It will evoke greater leadership within you. It will show you a lot more of who you are. It will deepen you. And it will remind you that life – and whatever you have in this moment – is a blessing. And a very big one indeed.

One Potent Method to Enable Emotional Healing

The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.

Success without human connection is not really success. People who are fully functioning understand that we are all connected. Great science now confirming this. But the larger point is we are all members of a greater tribe.

And to treat everyone you meet with decency, dignity, kindness and love is only to deepen your relationship with the world.

Embrace Full-On Human Connection [for Domain Dominance]

Controversial title for my episode today? Perhaps. But I think it’s true. I’ve heard so many gurus say that ideas are the currency of success and thinking drives the New Economy and we become what we consider all day long. But, to me, ideation without execution is mere delusion (I dare you to share that line at your next team meeting). In other words, an idea – no matter how big – only assumes value when it’s acted upon and brought to life.

This world of ours is full of great thinkers who never realized their greatness. They were strong on the thinking piece but weak on the execution side. And they suffered as a result of that constraint. World-class people get both right. They are superb strategically and brilliant tactically. Really creative and really good at getting things done.

Jump Start Your Commitment Around Execution [Ideas Are Worthless]

All too often we refrain from doing our dreams and playing at excellence because we think that The Great Ones are different from us. Not true. All of those we admire – whether in business or the arts or science or society – started from nothing. But they started. And each day – incrementally – they fuelled their vision. And took steps to move it forward. From 9 people to 100 to a thousand. To arguably the biggest rock band in the world.

So start moving your closely cherished ideals forward. Start somewhere. And start now. Please. The world needs you being at your best.

The Power of the Start

Today's episode of The Daily Mastery Podcast will walk you through how the world's most influential people work, operate and live.

We must not wait for the world to grow better for us to get stronger. We have the sovereign power to step into our highest genius. And thereby elevate the way we interact with the world.

The Alternate Orbit of World-Builders

Everyone has experienced the way deadlines can act as a double-edged sword: on the one hand, they force us to get stuff done; but on the other, they often push us to wait until the last minute to get to work, so that we do that work in a poorly executed, slapdash rush. Scientists call that latter dynamic “the deadline effect,” and my guest today has taken a field-tested dive into how to manage it, so that you can get the advantages of deadlines, without suffering from their downsides.
His name is Chrisopther Cox, and he’s the author of The Deadline Effect: How to Work Like It’s the Last Minute—Before the Last Minute. We begin our conversation with how Chris’s experience as a magazine editor got him interested in deadlines and what studies have shown as to both their benefits and their pitfalls. Chris then unpacks ways to harness the former towards greater productivity in both your personal and professional life, including creating interim checkpoints, knowing how to set reasonable due dates, planning left to right rather than right to left, and using what he calls “soft opens with teeth.” Along the way, Chris explains these principles using a bunch of real world case studies, from the system a chef uses to open multiple Michelin 3-star restaurants to how the Telluride ski resort gets ready to open for the season. We end our conversation with what you can start doing today to take advantage of the power of deadlines in your own life.

The Art of Manliness

#728: Improve Your Productivity With the Power of Deadlines

The stronger you are physically and mentally, the harder you are to be controlled. In today’s episode, Andy talks about how we’ve been fed a narrative of division, what the possibilities are for people who are passive about what’s happening in the world according to history, and why we need to come together in the name of freedom.

158. Excellence: The Anti-Narrative

Our first post pandemic cuts from JAM!  New cuts for J1 XTRA and J1 GOLD from Z+ and Back Seat Music.  New podcast/video IDs for REC from Fresh Kiss (the first cut specifically sung with the REC name since 1992).

JAM J1 & REC Update October, 2021

In today's episode, Andy answers your questions on how to operate when you're going door-to-door to acquire new customers, what to keep in mind when buying out an existing business, and how to protect yourself from the biggest destroyer of self-esteem.

291. Q&AF: Going Door-To-Door, Acquiring A Company & Biggest Destroyer Of Self-Esteem

3 disk Set of Developing the Leader Within You By John C Maxwell

(Disk 1) - 09 - Developing the Leader Within You 9

Bestselling author of 15 books (including The 5AM Club), globally celebrated leadership expert and philanthropist; Robin Sharma is considered to be one of the top 5 leadership experts in the world. His work is embraced by rock stars, royalty, billionaires and many celebrity CEOs. 

Deeply passionate about helping children in need live happier, healthier lives, Robin founded The Robin Sharma Foundation for Children (RSFC) as a registered charitable foundation. 

Visit www.robinsharma.com to learn more.