Speaking By the Numbers

Be Inspiring. Get Inspired.

One of the hardest parts of public speaking is what I call “lift,” delivering a word that offers uplift and inspiration. What I’ve learned is that inspiring others, like all speaking is about relationship and connection. Here’s what I wrote in Speaking By The Numbers:

The greatest speeches in history focus on relational connection and wholeness. "With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds." "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." " The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." "There is not a Black America and a White America and Latino America and Asian America there's the United States of America."Relationship and community are at the heart of these familiar words, and our deep desire to live in community moves us into our deeper, better selves.