Why a speaker has to earn the audience

Maria Popova excerpts TED Curator Chris Anderson’s advice for giving a great speech, including how good speakers inspire audiences with authenticity rather than manipulation: "Here’s the thing about inspiration: It has to be earned. Someone is inspiring not because they look at you with big eyes and ask you to find it in your heart to believe in their dream. It’s because they actually have a dream that’s worth getting excited about. And those dreams don’t come lightly."

June 10, 2016

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