Life is simple

Published on Nov 18, 2015

When communicating, simplicity and authenticity are key. Speeches and presentations that focus on the essentials reach and move their audiences.

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Life is simple

(and so is great communication)

As you grow older and life itself becomes more elaborate and complex,

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...you find yourself using simpler words.

And this is not only because your brain cells are dying.

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It is also, for some of us, because you have grown used to life, even comfortable with it,

... and understand that it comes down to essentials,

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...that the big things count and the rest is commentary,

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... and that way down deep in the heart of life's extraordinary complexity is...

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..extraordinary simplicity.

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Quote from Peggy Noonan´s book "On Speaking Well". Noonan was Ronald Reagan´s speechwriter and author of memorable speeches, like Reagan´s address to the nation after the Challenger explosion in 1986.

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