We have a lot to say and only a short time in which to say it. The
natural tendency is to try to pack in as much as we can.
But communication is not about the number of things we say,
it’s about the number of things that are understood. Good speakers
master a practice that is simple but powerful: they speak more
slowly than others.
Newsman David Brinkley’s distinctive delivery is known to
generations.
He was a pioneer in network news, anchoring the original
NBC news report before hosting the Sunday morning news
analysis program This Week.
He credits a teacher’s simple advice for a great deal of his
success. “He said to me, ‘The faster you speak, the less people
will understand you. Take that to heart.’ And I did.”
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