Here's the thing about public speaking it's one of the few things in life where you can be 13 years
old you can be five years old and you can actually be better than what the adults are parents now that's
just not true in a lot of things in life.
It's not true with driving and other dangerous skills that are only available to adults.
But public speaking is different.
Here's why.
We've all seen really boring public speakers sometimes teachers sometimes people in other settings whether
it is people who are speaking in your community about various issues.
We've all seen boring speakers.
And what happens when you're bored you daydream doodle.
You play on a cell phone or some sort of electronic game.
That person isn't communicating at all.
Well guess what it doesn't matter if you're 5 years old or 55 years old if you're boring.
You're not communicating on the other hand if you can stand up and speak.
Whether it's in front of just two parents or in front of 30 other classmates or perhaps your entire
school of five hundred people if you can do that that is a great skill and any age you can learn that
is a great time to learn it because it's a skill you can use right now to help you get through school
but also to help you with every other project whether it's a scouting project whatever you're trying
to ask for an increase in allowance from your parents the ability to speak and to speak in a way where
people will listen to you and have a sense that you're comfortable and relaxed.
That's a good thing.
If they can understand you and remember your message there's just a much greater chance that you'll
get what you want whether it's getting a good grade on that book report whether it is getting permission
to go on that camping trip whatever it is you increase the odds of getting what you want in life whether
it's in school whether it's at home or anything else you do if you learn how to speak effectively So
that's what we're here to learn how to do right now.