Why do otherwise intelligent speakers insist on disgorging every bit of their wisdom in every speech?
May 18, 2017
After years of frustrationโpossibly, an explanation.
A speechwriter was grousing to me this week about a client who wants to pack eight points into a commencement speech.
โSpeakers feel the need to disgorge every last bit of their wisdom in every speech,โ came my words, simultaneous with the insight itself, โbecause they secretly hope every speech is the last one theyโll ever have to give.โ
Might I be onto something?ย โDM