Why do otherwise intelligent speakers insist on disgorging every bit of their wisdom in every speech?

After years of frustrationโ€”possibly, an explanation.

A speechwriter was grousing to me this week about a client who wants to pack eight points into a commencement speech.

โ€œSpeakers feel the need to disgorge every last bit of their wisdom in every speech,โ€ came my words, simultaneous with the insight itself, โ€œbecause they secretly hope every speech is the last one theyโ€™ll ever have to give.โ€

Might I be onto something?ย โ€”DM

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