Your 90-day Improvement Plan

“Knowledge is not skill. Knowledge plus ten thousand times is skill.”

—Shinichi Suzuki

I hope that at this point in the book you are motivated to try out some of the things you have learned. If you have a little bit of time and some courage, you will be able to improve your skills as a speaker and as a presenter. Here is a 90-day plan. Although it takes 90 days to complete, it doesn’t actually take a lot of time, and nothing in the plan is difficult. If you follow it, I guarantee that in 90 days you will be a better presenter.

Days 1 to 10

• Watch or listen to at least three people who you think are good presenters. You can go to www.ted.com and find good presenters, or go online and find excellent speakers from the ...

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