Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rob's Observatory

Rob's Observatory: A place where Rob observes the world around him.

Observation: A common phrase given to nervous public speakers is to picture your audience in their underwear or naked. I'm not sure why that would help make a person less nervous. In fact if the audience pictured the speaker in their underwear or naked it would actually make them nervous. Spouses excluded, I think it's hard to respect what someone says if they are in their underwear or naked.

5 comments:

  1. Rob, some deep thoughts rattling around in your head today. Have you been given this "public speaking" advice in preparation for your talk this Sunday? Now I will feel kind of self-conscious when you make eye contact with me at the 6 p.m. service....

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  2. if i am in the crowd...i wear lace...just to help you visualize and all...anything to help the speaker, you know. you are going to do great!

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  3. That's super awkward Brian... I don't know how I'm going to shake this mental image...

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  4. If it will help, I'll ask that Heather not give you any really perplexed looks like she did the last time that you talked.

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  5. Agreed. It would be too weird and very inappropriate if the congregation at WEC sat there in their underpants!

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