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I Want to Win the World Championship of Public Speaking

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Channel: Darren LaCroix · 2018 · Education

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"I Want to Win the World Championship of Public Speaking." Hi, I'm Darren LaCroix, 2001 World Champion of Public Speaking. I get emails like this regularly from around the world. People telling me they want to win the World Championship of Public Speaking. Prove it.

Anyone can SAY they want to win, but few are willing to work hard enough to do it. If you wanted to win a gold medal, would you practice when you felt like it? I you wanted to win would you practice once a week or commit to your craft and practice 6 days a week? If you want to win, prove it.

If you want to win would you get a coach or try to figure it our on your own? Would you find the cheapest coach you could to help you win or someone who coached someone else to win? Prove it.

In the World Championship of Public Speaking 35,000 people compete every year, do you think the other 34,999 contestants don't want to win. I always tell people that someone 1/2 as good as you, right now, is working twice as hard as you.

1) Hard work. (This is relative to your definition.) How do you define it? Sherrie Su who came in second in the world last year (One of my Stage Time University Members) Practiced her semifinal speech 300 times. Her final speech 200 times. 

2) Get the right training. Find a world-class coach or trainer. You can't learn world class techniques from people who don't know them.
Check out: http://www.GetaSpeakingCoach.com

3) Find the message that matters to you! Put the message above the messenger. Public speaking is not a strength exercise it is a heart exercise. Prove it. Go deep inside yourself.

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