Monday, January 31, 2011

How to Become a Public Speaker.


How to Become a Public Speaker.
A Seven Days Mini Course 
By George Rusky
    Jan 2011.

Day One.
So you want to become a public speaker, but do not know how?
Excellent!
Let’s get to it together and first, we’ll start with the definition of ‘public speaking’ and see if we understand it correctly.
Two clicks and we are reading a definition of public speaking at the Wikipedia:

“Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured, deliberate manner intended to inform, influence, or entertain the listeners.”

There are more definitions on the subject but I guess they are pretty much similar.
Now, to understand better the definition, let’s go thru it again, word by word, OK?
Process. 
As any process it has a beginning, continuation and an end, right? 
We are now at the start of the process.

Speaking to a group of people. 
That simply means that a group of people listens to an individual who speaks to them.

In a structured, deliberate manner 
That may mean that the text of the speech is planned carefully, nicely written and prepared especially for this group of listeners with the intention of leading them to the destination designed by the speaker.

Intended to inform, influence or entertain the listeners. 
As you now can see, there are several kinds of speeches, the ones that influence, inform and entertain and I guess, in a very short time you will have a hard time to identify you own domain in the public speaking business: to speak to people so that to influence, inform or entertain them, in which direction you would like to develop your public speaking career.

Action Exercise
Read again carefully the definition of Public Speaking and think in which of the three areas of the business you would like to start your public speaking career.
Write down five-seven reasons to explain your choice.

End of Day One.



    Wednesday, January 19, 2011

    How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.

    Have you ever thought how you can get from where you are today to where you want to be in say one year?

    Hello
    I’m George Rusky and today I’m going to talk to you about taking actions to achieve your goals.
    As you well remember, we started our journey into the world of Goals on the 15 December last year. I told you about the whole scheme of
    -setting and writing down your goals,
    -making plans and
    -taking actions.

    On the first day we talked about writing down your goals, then on the 5th January we went on with making plans.
    Now, the next step: taking actions.

    There are many techniques that can help you to achieve your personal and financial goals.

     And today I want to share with you a special method that has taken more people from rags to riches than any other single method ever discovered.
    It is simple, fast, effective and guaranteed to work – if you will practice it.
    This method is described in chapter 15 of the book Goals that was written by my mentor Brian Tracy.

    Earlier, I said, “You become what you think about, most of the time.”
    This is the great truth that is found in all religion, philosophy,
    psychology and success.

    W. Clement Stone wrote:

    “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

    This is the key

    I am often asked:”George, what do you think about setting goals?”
    “Do you think goals are necessary?”
    And I always reply:’ I don’t think”
    I am serious: I used to think when I was 15, 25, 35, 45, 55   ……
    Not now.
    Now I follow the methods that will bring me from where I am to where I want to be.
    And here’s this phenomenal method.
    It is called: Your goals revision.

    I learned that from my mentor Brian Tracy.
    For many years, he worked on his goals, writing them down once or twice a year and then reviewing them.
    Even this was enough to make an incredible difference in his life.
    He then learned the technique that changed his life. He discovered that if
    it is powerful to write down goals once a year, it is even
    more powerful to write down  goals more often.
    Finally he came up with  writing and rewriting goals every single day.

    “Repeticio est mater studiorum” said Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century.
    Repetition is the mother of all learning.
    In CZ it has an interpretation :”Opakovanije matka moudrosti”
    Now, here’s the question:
    “What is the core of this method and what is the result.
    You write the list of 10-15 goals you want to achieve this year every day.
    But when you write, you do it from the memory comparing them with the first variant.
    What’s the point of doing that?
    Let me tell you what happens when you do this exercise every day.

    1. Each day that you write down your list of 10-15 goals, your
    definitions become clearer and sharper. You will eventually
    write down the same words every day.
    2. Your order of priority will also change as your life changes around you.
    But after about 30 days,
    3. You will find yourself writing and rewriting the same goals every day word by word..

    One thing is important: You must trust the process
    When you begin writing your goals, you may have no idea how they
    will be accomplished. But this is not important. All that matters is
    that you write and rewrite them every day, in complete faith,

    "Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the staircase."
    Martin Luther King, Jr

    And here’s one more thing:
    This exercise of writing out your 10 goals every single day is a test.
    The test is to determine how badly you really want to achieve these
    goals.

    But as you pass the test, here’s you reward:
    Miraculous things are going to happen:
    -Your work and personal life will begin to improve dramatically.
    -You will start to attract people and resources into your life to help you to achieve your goals. You become a living magnet!
    -Everything will begin to change in a very positive way.
    Isn’t it what we all really want?
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    In this short speech I told you about the most effective method of getting from where you are to where you want to be, a phenomenal method of revising your goals every day.
    After hearing this I am sure you will be able to follow this method and achieve your goals for the year 2011 faster that you ever thought possible.


    Sunday, January 16, 2011

    Giving versus not giving

    I was sitting on a bench waiting for my friends come from Dresden when a beggar came to me and as it always goes asked me for money
    “How much do you want?” I asked
    I don’t want much  I don’t want a million…”
    “You don’t?” I interrupted. “I do”
    “I don’t know what I would do with the million.” He went on.” I now have nowhere to live and no money to spend on my quite low needs why to think about a million.
    I looked at him while fishing some change from the pocket.
    He was a man of 35-40 years of age, well-build with a pleasant smile, regular human body… Nothing to complain about. If he could change his clothes, I though for a better stuff, he could have well passed for a manager or a company sales ex. \sometimes executive.
    I gave him 10 crowns, about half dollar, he took the money with the habit that is well=made by service stuff that live on tips received on a daily basis at hotels and similar places.
    “Thank you sir, he said to me Now I can buy a cup of coffee all \i need for the moment.
    The man left wishing me a god day. Sometimes people of this ‘industry’ ask for more when they see a handful of coins exactly the way how offered him the money. This man didn’t say a word.
    Under the impression of the meeting I was still sitting and thinking about the stranger and his words about a million and other things and tried to grasp the way to his today’s status of a man without ambitions, dreams and goals the subject I proudly talk about to my numerous audiences.
    In situations like this I always feel very ashamed and offended at the same time. Ashamed for the people who fell down that low from the level of a usual human being living in a flat or a house having families and money, going to places, traveling and so on…
    A man I was talking too had nothing of the list mentioned.
    And I went on asking the same question again: “ How do these people reach the level of beggars for coins rather than winners of millions?”
    I could have understood all if they had serious health problems or were cripples of any kind and had no chances live actively in at he society.
    But then I realized that it was not about being handicapped physically but injured rather mentally, spiritually. How many times I felt a burning desire to help those people who were lost and never found in the world of wealthy ones driving a car and having meals in restaurants?
    What could they think about while looking at the other walks of life?
    How about their mothers who gave birth these all who once were children with their childish dreams and hopes?
    Have they ever thought of becoming beggars, living on what they could receive from walking and driving around them.
    I always give money to anyone who asks me for it. Sometimes I get into troubles because most of the potential givers do not perform their duties of giving. They just send the askers away or say they do not have any money. But when I give 10 crowns to the person who had left someone before me with empty hands, I am in danger of being criticized severely a it had happened to me several times.
    Someone suddenly comes and asks tells me off for giving the money.
    “Do you know what he  or she is going to use your money for?” they usually ask me.
    “I don’t care. I gave them the money and now its their choice what to use it for. I performed my duty to give when I am asked. To give it a good use is their job”
    One man asked me:“ You want to show that you are better than we are?”
    Yes, I replied, but I want to show that to myself first, I added.
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    When someone stops you in the street and asks for money, some change, what do you normally do?
    Do you give the money or you say you have no money.
    What do you feel about yourself at these moments? 
    Does it ever come into your mind that you might have behaved differently?
     “Do not judge…” written in the Bible.
    It is entirely on you what and how you make your decisions about people around you.
    We can blame begging men and women saying that they didn’t make right decisions and didn’t read good books, but will they feel any better having heard just the confirmation of their physical and moral collapse?
    I don’t think these questions will ever be answered; neither will they ever be included into any documents of political parties, either.
     Looks like we, ordinary people from the streets, are the only ones who are able to give a hand to those that ask for a couple of crowns for their daily bread or a glass of cheap wine.




             

    Saturday, January 15, 2011

    What happened to us?

    Can you imagine a kid, a teenager living without dreams?
    I can't.
    As long as I remember myself, I had always been dreaming.
    I dreamed about my future life, full of nice people adventures and beautiful women.
    I dreamed about my career, when I am a big boss who can afford to eat in good restaurants and wear expensive clothes.
    I dreamed of punishing my offenders because one day I was surely going to be big and strong man.
    Then I dreamed about a woman I will love all my life with all my heart.
    And so on and so on.
    I remember the best time for dreaming was when I went to bed and could forget about problems with parents and at school (there were some)
    There was the time of dreaming.
    We lived in a big room where I didn't have anything children have in families.
    I didn't have a table for doing my home work; I didn't have anything where I a teenager could hide something belonged to me.

    Time past. I lost all my dreams. All that I had been created so carefully before entering the world of big boys, faded away in the world of realities.

    Dissatisfaction, disappointment, sadness and even depression at times, replaced most of my childish dreams.

    It all went on till the day when I suddenly realized that I became an obedient tool of daily routine, performing a set of simple operations, that could bring me minimum of moral and financial support.

    I can't remember how it came into being, but one day, about a half a year ago, I suddenly looked into the mirror at my fat body, wrinkled face and asked myself:
    • "Is that really something you had been dreaming of?"
    • "Is that what you had been trying to get from life?"
    • "Is that the flat you are going to meet your last days?"
    • "Is that the attire you are going to wear in the years to come?"

    "No" was the only answer to all of these and other questions I was asking.

    I went to my desk, turned on the computer and tried to figure out what I could do to change this flow of every day deeds that were so different from what I really had been passionate about long, long time ago.

    I realized then that the problem was in my inability to dream and to keep an eye on my dream, just to see where to go.
    The next days were extremely important for me. I felt I was ready to make a serious step in changing my life…

    Tuesday, January 11, 2011

    A Public Listener versus Public Speaker.

    A Public Listener versus Public Speaker.
    How to become a public speaker?
    First you have to become a public LISTENER.
    ???
    Let me explain why I am saying that.
           I will start from the idea that a Public Speaker is not only a person who
    speaks in front of audiences on press-conferences but anyone who at least
    once has spoken to a group of people trying to achieve one of the following
    basic goals:
     Giving information (any kind of meetings);
     Persuading listeners to make a decision (sales presentations);
     Inspiring the audiences ( sermons);
     Motivating people ( joining organizations);
     Entertaining the public (shows);
            Apart from these best known human gatherings where one group is
    listening, and an individual/group of individuals is speaking, we may think of
    all possible kinds of social events where the above mentioned goals will take
    place in various imaginable combinations: debates, forums, educational
    meetings, celebrations, weddings, funerals and so on and so forth.
          As you can see now, a public speaking is a huge sociable phenomenon of
    human society that penetrates all spheres of everyday life and very often a
    speaker address to the audience after she had made a few essential
    preparations, has done her ‘home work’
    In the majority of cases an orator collects information, does the research and
    listens to others on the subject of her talk, just not to repeat what has been
    said and to say something new.
           In short, before someone acts as a public speaker she has to become a
    public listener, she has to know what the public wants to hear from her, what
    might be worth listening.
    It may also happen, and it does indeed, that the speaker says what she
    believes is interesting for her and what she is patient about but the group of
    people she talks to, needs something absolutely different.
          James Malinchak advices to ask and listen to what a potential client will
    agree to accept as a subject of the talk for her audience, rather than
    persuade her to accept the speaker’s topic.
    If you want to earn money, do what the client wants: the CLIENT is always
    right...

    To read more,  go to http://georgerusky.net/Public-Speaking.html

    Thursday, January 06, 2011

    A Goal Without a Plan is Only a Dream. ( My third speech at Toastmasters , 5th Jan 2011 )

    Dear Fellow Toastmasters
    First, Very happy New Year to you!
    I believe it will be the best year of your life.
    As some of you already know
    I am George Rusky and on the 15 December I told you how you can get everything you want faster than you ever thought possible!
    If you remember we were talking about setting goals, writing them down making plans to achieve the goals and taking actions toward your goals every single day.
    You saw these steps written here:…………..
    -write down your goals
    -make plans to work on your goals
    - take actions every day!
    Last time we learned how to write down your goals.
    And
    Today we are moving to the next step of this life-changing process- making plans.
    And I believe that after hearing my presentation you will be able to make your own plans to achieve your goals.
    How we can make and write down plans?
    As you have already written down your goals and actions you have to take, put this paper in front of you and look at it critically.
    “What exactly and when do I have to accomplish?”
    That’s the question you should ask
    The next question is this:
    “How regularly should I do the steps toward accomplishing my goals? Once a day, twice a week, or three times a month, etc…”
    Only you can answer this question. Less Brown says: ”I am responsible!!!”
    After that you take a peace of paper and make a table where you put on the top 12 columns (the months of the year) and down list all the basic goals for the year and the actions to take, as you see on the table.
    That is the Plan for the Year!
    The next step is very important! The essence of the whole idea: A week Plan where we numerate not only all activities we have to do but also the time planned and spent for this activity.
    Here’s this essential question again:
    “How regularly should I do the steps toward accomplishing my goals? Once a day, twice a week, or three times a month, etc…”
    Now, do you think without week plans you can to monitor your progress?
    OK
    Look at this typical weekly plan of mine.
    What you can see here, is a merely copy of all activities numerated in the year plan, but!
    Attention: here you write down the time you plan to spend for each activity each day!
    And at the end of the day you report to yourself whether you have done all that was written for this day.
    Look here!
    On my week plan you can see that as a future professional speaker, I consider this goal the most important one. Then I predict how much time I can devote to each activity every day. You can also think of doing these things on week-ends. But only you know how much and how soon you want to be where you want to be.
    For example:…….
    Of course, you may ask:”What if you are unable to do what is planned?”
    Good question.
    So, answer it! Say why you were unable to make it. If the reason is accidental, you will do it next day. If the problem has a regular character, this daily activity should be planned on another week or month, or simply cancelled.
    Remember: nothing in your plans is written in stone. You are the Manager of your success, the creator and maker of your brilliant future. Remember: “I am responsible”
    As soon as you finish with the first goal go to another one and do the same.
    A word of warning: be serious and realistic about what you can do and how much time you can devote to this goal!
    When you finish with planning, start doing. Be a doer!
    But we will be talking about that next month!
    Live on this plan for a couple of weeks and you will see what works and what doesn’t.
    Then sit in a quiet place and analyze the situation, identify the problems.
    Correct them and make your week plan more real.

    Dear friends, now after hearing my presentation you are able to make your own year and week plans to achieve your goals if you really want them to achieve.
    Next time I will tell you how to take actions in order to make your plans work for you effectively.
    Thank you for listening. I am George Rusky, till next time.

    “How to Get Everything You Want – Faster ThanYou Ever Thought Possible”

    “How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than
    You Ever Thought Possible”
    Second Speech for the Toast masters Meeting on the 24 November 2010

    Dear Mr Toasmaster
    Dear Fellow-toastmasters
    Dear Ladies and Gentlemen

    Let me start with the quotation:
    “Continue to follow your goals. I’m sure you all have your communication and leadership goals written down. Remember that if you know where you’re heading the goal is easy to reach. If you do so (y)our success is inevitable.”

    Hello
    I’m George Rusky and I’ve chosen this quotation of our DG Benjamin because it is consistent with the topic of my speech.
    The title of my today’s speech is
    “How to Get Everything You Want – Faster Than
    You Ever Thought Possible,” which I borrowed from one of 40+ books written by my American mentor Brian Tracy.
    The book is called :”GOALS!”
    As a Speaker, writer and mentor Brian has talked to thousands of people around the world including myself on a vast variety of topics, but if there was one thought, that could help his readers and listeners to be more successful, he would say:
    “… write down your goals, make plans to achieve them and work on your plans every single day!”

    So, the main point of my speech today is the first step of this idea.
    “Writing down our goals”
    Now, let me ask you a question:
    “Who thinks it is necessary to write down personal goals?”
    I hope you have them written somewhere in a secret corner of your flat.

    OK, let me show you my Goals.
    As you can see it’s written here:……

    More than 50 years ago, a boy of 18 at that time, Brian Tracy started learning why some people were more successful than others.
    These studies led him to a phenomenal discovery: setting goals is the key to success.
    The regular and systematic practice of goal setting takes from
    poverty to prosperity, from frustration to fulfillment, from
    underachievement to success and happiness.

    Brian also discovered the formula of happiness:
    Earl Nightingale once wrote:
    Happiness is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal, or goal.
    Do we really want to be happy?
    We do?
    OK, why don’t we begin at the very beginning?
    And here’s an exercise that will help you on the way to happiness:
    I want you to take a piece of paper like this one and write down 10 goals that you want to accomplish with in the next 12 months.
    Write the word GOALS and today’s date on the top of the page
    And then ask yourself this great question:
    “If I could accomplish one goal in this list but had for that only 24 hours, which one goal would have the greatest positive impact on my life?”
    This is the great question because it usually jumps at you.
    You say:” If I could accomplish this one goal it would have more impact on my whole life than anything else”
    Sometimes it is a financial goal, sometimes it is a health goal or relationships goal
    But whatever it is, put a circle around this goal, turn the page over and write it on the top of the page, set a deadline for a goal,
    then
    Write a list of everything you could do to achieve this goal.
    And here’s the kicker: Do something every day that moves you towards your major goal

    This exercise of selecting your major goal, making a plan and working on it every day, will change your life in ways you cannot imagine.

    Now you know how to make the first step towards a new life and lots of positive changes in it.
    OK, let’s repeat all together:
    First: write down the list of 10 goals on a separate sheet of paper
    Second: select the most important goal and write it down on the other side with the date and `the deadline.
    Third: write down all you have to do in order to accomplish this goal.
    Last and the most important: take action, do something every day towards your goal!
    Here’s the promise of Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn, Bob Proctor, Tony Robbins, Jim Cathcart, Steve Seabold and other top leaders of Public speaking industry:
    When you follow this simple steps
    In now time , you will
    Get Everything You Want – Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

    Thank you