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Why is it important?

Written and verbal communication skills with a dash of confidence seem to help elevate people the most. Having good ideas is meaningless if you can’t explain them.

How to become a good orator?

Undertake the task of oratorical training with extreme diligence. Study other great speakers and their subtleties of style. Work on musicality and nuance, and strive to master the use of metaphor and poetic expression.

  • The wisdom of Native Americans

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  1. Master Communication
  2. Conversation skills
  3. Why Interpersonal Skills Matter
  4. Networking skills
  5. Use Asynchronous Communication
  6. Words and thoughts
  7. Interesting idioms
  8. How to speak?
    1. The main components in getting good at public speaking
    2. The content
      1. How to become articulate
      2. A system for speaking articulately
      3. Know your stuff
      4. If you are bad at public speaking, the trick is to distill your message to these 15 words
      5. Chekhov’s gun
    3. The delivery
      1. Toastmasters
      2. Do not end your sentences on a higher pitch
  9. Speak up in group settings
  10. Idea generation or Ideation

TODO

  1. How to Articulate Your Thoughts More Clearly Than 99% of People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZXE2-sFWxQ
  2. How to Improve Social Skills: 23 Tips to Help https://www.blinkist.com/magazine/posts/how-to-improve-social-skills
  3. 3 public speaking tips guaranteed to lift your game https://bigthink.com/plus/3-public-speaking-tips-guaranteed-to-lift-your-game/
  4. 5 communication pitfalls that are preventing people from really hearing what you’re trying to say https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/5-communication-pitfalls-that-are-preventing-people-from-really-hearing-what-youre-trying-to-say/
  5. Why Interpersonal Skills Matter https://sba.thehartford.com/managing-employees/why-soft-skills-matter/
  6. How hand gestures alter the perception of your speech https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/talking-with-your-hands/
  7. https://modelthinkers.com/playbook/how-to-be-an-expert-communicator
  8. Stop saying ‘I think’—to sound confident and influence people, use this ‘subtle but powerful’ swap: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/17/stop-saying-i-think-to-sound-confident-and-influence-people-use-this-subtle-but-powerful-swap.html
  9. 7 Small Habits That Will Make You A More Interesting Person: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-be-more-interesting-tips_l_673288e6e4b07ebab7421973
  10. These public speaking tips will transform your presentations: https://www.thestreet.com/video/these-public-speaking-tips-will-transform-your-presentations
  11. Stop struggling with small talk by using the simple ‘FORD method’: https://www.upworthy.com/how-to-make-small-talk-ford-method-ex1
  12. https://bigthink.com/the-learning-curve/ladder-of-abstraction/
  13. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/web-stories/8-books-that-can-help-magically-improve-communication-and-talking-skills/photostory/114647553.cms
  14. https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/p/framing-the-1-most-important-communication
  15. Threads and the Social/Communications Map - https://stratechery.com/2023/threads-and-the-social-communications-map/
  16. [Miscellany] The Crow Whisperer, By Lauren Markham | Harper’s Magazine - https://harpers.org/archive/2021/04/the-crow-whisperer-animal-communicators/

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