0:00:10.728,0:00:12.138 It's 1903 0:00:12.438,0:00:16.281 and this extraordinary guy [br]named Teddy Roosevelt 0:00:16.281,0:00:21.001 is standing on the edge [br]of the Grand Canyon 0:00:21.007,0:00:27.107 and at that time people wanted[br]to create hotels and spas 0:00:27.107,0:00:30.242 and turn the Grand Canyon, in 1903, 0:00:30.242,0:00:34.211 intoa profit-making disneyland [br]of the environment. 0:00:34.211,0:00:37.026 And he stood and said no. [br] 0:00:37.676,0:00:41.347 And he created a tipping point for[br]the environmental movement 0:00:41.347,0:00:42.868 and for the world. 0:00:42.868,0:00:45.785 He said: "leave it as it is. 0:00:45.935,0:00:51.455 the ages have been at work on it [br]and man can only mar it." 0:00:51.455,0:00:54.204 (Aplauses) 0:00:54.204,0:00:58.085 The world would have been[br]a different place today 0:00:58.085,0:01:02.811 without those words,[br]those tipping point words 0:01:02.811,0:01:05.002 from President Theodore Roosevelt. 0:01:05.222,0:01:09.867 Fast forward, his fifth cousin,[br]President Franklin Roosevelt, 0:01:09.867,0:01:14.674 30 years later - 1933 -[br]in the midst of a huge crisis, 0:01:14.674,0:01:18.814 the great Depression of America,[br]said a few words 0:01:18.814,0:01:22.565 to create a tipping point [br]towards healing for the USA. 0:01:22.565,0:01:27.039 "First of all. Let me assert my firm belief 0:01:27.709,0:01:33.378 that the only thing we have[br]to fear is fear itself, 0:01:34.558,0:01:37.987 nameless unreasoning [br]unjustified terror 0:01:38.657,0:01:44.137 which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance." 0:01:45.577,0:01:47.633 The world would have been[br]a different place 0:01:47.633,0:01:51.548 without those words, at that time,[br]from that man. 0:01:52.437,0:01:56.891 So, in my 30 years of studying public speaking 0:01:56.891,0:01:58.274 and great speeches, 0:01:58.294,0:02:00.365 I've found that [br]there are seven secrets 0:02:00.365,0:02:03.739 that great speakers do, [br]that other people don't. 0:02:03.739,0:02:07.021 and it's my belief that [br]every single human being 0:02:07.021,0:02:09.982 can be a great speaker [br]and that their words 0:02:09.982,0:02:11.587 can create a tipping point, 0:02:11.587,0:02:16.547 and that their words and their[br]essencecan change the world. 0:02:16.553,0:02:21.443 The first secret is about words [br]and understanding that words 0:02:21.443,0:02:24.459 can be the best, [br]the most amazing in the world 0:02:24.459,0:02:28.524 but they only actually touch [br]people and communicate 0:02:28.524,0:02:32.674 seven percent of the impact [br]that one human being has on another. 0:02:32.674,0:02:37.063 Voice tone, the variation[br]in your voice, the enthusiams, 0:02:37.063,0:02:39.671 the love, the passion that [br]comes through your voice, 0:02:39.671,0:02:41.530 38% percent your body language 0:02:41.530,0:02:43.903 are you looking into someone's eyes 0:02:43.903,0:02:46.991 or are you looking over their [br]head and not connected. 0:02:46.991,0:02:48.871 So words, voice tone [br]and body language, 0:02:48.871,0:02:51.502 those are the three vehicles,[br]the tree pathways 0:02:51.502,0:02:54.302 that great communication happens in. 0:02:54.530,0:02:56.008 Secret #4 0:02:56.445,0:03:00.705 What most people do, is that they throw so much datas out, 0:03:00.705,0:03:02.715 trying to prove that they are smart, 0:03:02.774,0:03:03.943 trying to get all the content out. 0:03:03.943,0:03:05.813 Words are the seven percent. 0:03:05.867,0:03:09.923 What is important is what is that one thing you want to leave people with? 0:03:09.933,0:03:13.297 What is that headline? That's what makes a great speech. 0:03:13.330,0:03:15.420 And that's what we are talking about today. 0:03:15.635,0:03:18.175 Secret #5 is fascinating. 0:03:18.203,0:03:22.014 If you are afraid or if any of you are afraid of public speeking, 0:03:22.094,0:03:26.019 41% of the World, across cultures, 0:03:26.078,0:03:29.428 is terrified almost to the point and often to the point 0:03:29.464,0:03:32.724 of actually turning down speaking appointements. 0:03:32.784,0:03:36.982 Wether they are political leaders, or business leaders or charitable leaders, 0:03:37.198,0:03:39.954 they turn down opportunities to shake the World, 0:03:40.047,0:03:41.575 because they are scared. 0:03:41.655,0:03:43.952 There are a lot of reasons why people are scared 0:03:44.266,0:03:46.578 but in my experience, the number One reason is: 0:03:46.767,0:03:49.643 that we don't know what public speaking really is. 0:03:49.758,0:03:51.286 We don't know the true definition. 0:03:51.601,0:03:53.351 The true definition of public speaking is 0:03:53.351,0:03:55.397 that public speaking is nothing more 0:03:55.949,0:03:59.860 than having a conversation from your heart, 0:04:00.959,0:04:04.504 about something you are authentically passionate about. 0:04:05.567,0:04:07.435 If you think it's a performance, 0:04:07.729,0:04:11.150 you are going to be a 0% you and a 100% actor, 0:04:11.150,0:04:14.040 we don't get to see and experience and feel who you are. 0:04:14.338,0:04:18.097 So, I want you to write the word "speech", down, on a piece of paper, 0:04:18.147,0:04:19.632 and I want you to put a circle around it. 0:04:19.665,0:04:21.175 and I want you to put a line through it. 0:04:21.208,0:04:24.848 I don't want you ever, ever to give an other speech. 0:04:24.875,0:04:26.575 That's not what great speakers do. 0:04:26.624,0:04:29.661 They don't give a speech, they don't give a performance, 0:04:29.661,0:04:31.381 they don't make a presentation to the audience, 0:04:31.392,0:04:32.959 they have what? 0:04:32.979,0:04:36.626 They have a conversation with, it's a circle. 0:04:36.649,0:04:40.649 It brings us all together, we are a web, connected to every other person. 0:04:40.691,0:04:42.711 And that's what great speakers do. 0:04:43.674,0:04:45.456 When I first met Princess Diana, 0:04:46.432,0:04:49.061 she looks me in the eye and says: 0:04:49.428,0:04:53.895 "You know I am so scared of public speaking and I wish that I could do what Charles does". 0:04:53.934,0:04:59.194 It was when they were actually breaking up so it was even more difficult for her to admit that. 0:04:59.248,0:05:00.980 And I said: "What does he do? " 0:05:01.221,0:05:05.836 "Well, he just stands up there and he tells these funny jokes and then he moves on."