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Memorization is something like a soldier's combat training; when the moment of battle comes, you want to be operating by instinct, not by conscious thought.
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elizabeth gilbert
memorization
"You know how when you give a talk, you like certain parts more than others? You have to love every single sentence. You actually have to go through your script and your slides and ask the question, 'Is this essential to advancing my message, and is this interesting, really interesting? Do I love saying this line?' and put every single sentence and slide through the test. If anything lands in the maybe pile...it's out."
page: 144
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pam meyer
memorization
message
meaning
Don't memorize your talks, precisely because the audience can hear memorized text very clearly, and it takes away from the spontaneous, engaged nature of speaking to a live audience. Also, when memorized speech fails, it fails catastrophically.
page: 145
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steven johnson
memorization
speaking
A great talk is both scripted AND improvisational. It is precisely like a great jazz performance: First, the opening and closing are always completely scripted; second, the general structure is fully determined before the first horn blows; but third, what makes jazz interesting and captivating is that in the middle of a tune there is always some point in which the player can go off script and spontaneously create something that captures the mood of that particular audience in that particular room at that particular moment in time.
page: 146
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dan gilbert
memorization
improvisation
There's a kind of unintentional memorization that develops naturally from repetition. Memorization feels safer, but a little risk is good. Fear is energy, and you want some of that running through your wires.
page: 150
tags:
mary roach
rehearsal
memorization
Prepare for a talk by talking. I start with a basic idea, figure out an introductory sentence or two, and then just imagine myself explaining it to people who care about the idea.
page: 150
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clay shirky
memorization
rehearsal
Saying it out loud, you come up with phrases that work well. Memorize those, then use them as anchors, or landing pads to touch down on. Don't memorize the whole talk--that can sound pretty fake--but memorize the structure and those few landing pad phrases, and that will make the talk tighter and better.
page: 152
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tracy chevalier
memorization