Karate masters, when breaking boards, aim not at the board, but six inches below it. After all, they’re chopping through the board, not on it.
Professional golfers, when putting, aim six inches beyond the cup. After all, what percentage of putts that are short go in?
A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, right? Tweet: If your goal doesn’t scare you, it’s not big enough, said Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the President of Liberia.
I’ve read that the only reason to give a speech is to change the world. Changing the world seems impossible, unless you change the world one person at a time.
So what about your next effort? What do you want to see happen six seconds, hours, days or weeks after the end of your talk, when your words have ceased disturbing the air? What’s the change you’re hoping to see?
Anything unusual?