Third world country is not a description of the wealth of the country.
It was first used in the 1950’s and translated from the French, tiers monde
It distinguishes developing countries from the capitalist (first world) and communist blocs (second world).
Here is my first attempt.
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Just read a survey and to the question, Is God Real, 39% said no and 61% said yes.
What do you say?
More importantly, something that polarizes audiences is a great statistic to use in your speech. No matter what side people are on, they usually have a strong opinion. Use statistics like this in your public speaking to get the audience involved.
Speak well and prosper.
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When growing up, I remember my father saying “My country, right or wrong…!”
I did not argue with him but secretly I disagreed. Here is the man who I looked up to, admired and in some ways wanted to be like.
You should know that he was in the military and made a career of the Navy Reserves.
Even though disagreeing with his ideology, a sound logical argument eluded me…until now.
Teddy provided the answer that eluded me.
Teddy Roosevelt, in the May 7, 1918 Kansas City Star said….
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President of that we are to stand by the President right or wrong is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American Public.
There is a higher moral standard that all mankind must answer to.
A study from the University of Chicago found that speakers with foreign accents are viewed as being less truthful by listeners.
There is a big flaw with the study as far as public speakers are concerned. It does not apply.
If you have a very thick accent, are hard to understand and do not enunciate your words, yes you may be in trouble.
Yet how many of us love an accent from a foreign land when the words are clearly spoken and the speaker is easily understood.
Well apportioned accents can go a lot farther than a high pitched or hypernasalaty voice.
Consider the last movie you saw with an actor with a foreign accent. Were you captivated.
It is not as much the accent as it is sense stress, modulation, diction and pronunciation. What we say plays a big part of the picture for public speakers.
If on the other hand I am mis-pro-nounc-e-ating words in a foreign accent, then that is a different story.
So please, master pronunciation, not accent reduction.
Speak well and prosper.
As a public speaker, you will need to come up with a topic that you can be expert in.
One of my favorite topics is frugal living. So, this is to announce the new site under development, UberFrugality.com
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