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Get Off the High Horse - Part 2
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I'm sure you have heard the story of the toastmaster who introduced the speaker of the evening. He told about the wonderful scholastic and business record of the speaker, he covered the man's history back to his boyhood, he mentioned his fine mother
and his Christian upbringing, he pictured himself as a boyhood friend of the speaker, and then he turned to the man sitting next to him and whispered, "What's this guy's name, anyway?"
And yet many times when you deliver a speech you have written yourself, the fellow who knows you, the boy who grew up with you, your best pal, your closest companion, your buddy asks that same question, "Who is this guy, anyway?" And they go further than that. They wonder also, "How does he get that way?" "Who does he think he is?" Now in making a good speech, I want you to think of you as yourself. Not someone else in your Sunday suit, with your smile, up there playing a part, trying to impress the audience with his erudition or to confound it with his wisdom. I want you to think of you as yourself—a regular guy, sounding off before a group of regular guys. Let's start with that premise. We're not going to step out of character for an instant. We're going to write a talk in the most natural way we know. We're not going to dress up our remarks in Sunday language. We're not going to try to make an impression. We'll concentrate on getting over our message in an interesting way. Always when you set out to prepare a speech, your first obstacle is to get yourself off the high horse and down to earth. So take a deep breath, relax, and I'll tell you how to write a good speech.
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