“He gave the ‘I have a dream’ speech, not the ‘I have a plan’ speech.No period here. use only after citation. This applies to all citations. ” (How Great Leaders Inspire Action, online) An excerpt from How great leaders inspire action by Simon Sinek is a good speech, because it utilizes repetition, Real life examples, and explains why his point works. In Simon Sinek’s speech, his main point is using “Why? How? What?” to explain how great leader inspire others to act (How Great Leaders Inspire Action, online.)
A key part of a good speech is being able to smoothly repeat your point without it seeming forced, and Simon executes this well in his speech. A good example is “Why? How? What?... But very, very few people or organizations know why …show more content…
How great leaders inspire action demonstrates this with three fantastic examples that are all connected to its point. one of these wondrous examples is “Nowhere else is there a better example than with the Wright brothers. Samuel Pierpont Langley was given 50,000 dollars by the War Department To figure out this flying machine. He hired the best minds money could find… not a single person on the Wright brothers' team had a college education, not even Orville or Wilbur; and The New York Times followed them around nowhere.... The difference was, Orville and Wilbur were driven by a cause, by a purpose, by a belief. They believed that if they could figure out this flying machine, it'll change the course of the world. Samuel Pierpont Langley was different. He wanted to be rich, and he wanted to be famous. He was in pursuit of the result. He was in pursuit of the riches. And lo and behold, look what happened. The people who believed in the Wright brothers' dream worked with them with blood and sweat and tears. The others just worked for the paycheck. He wasn't first, he didn't get rich, he didn't get famous, so he quit.” (How Great Leaders Inspire Action, online) This example shows, a great example of Simon's point and it happened in real life. it shows that the people who used “Why? How? What?” were successful instead of the people who
A key part of a good speech is being able to smoothly repeat your point without it seeming forced, and Simon executes this well in his speech. A good example is “Why? How? What?... But very, very few people or organizations know why …show more content…
How great leaders inspire action demonstrates this with three fantastic examples that are all connected to its point. one of these wondrous examples is “Nowhere else is there a better example than with the Wright brothers. Samuel Pierpont Langley was given 50,000 dollars by the War Department To figure out this flying machine. He hired the best minds money could find… not a single person on the Wright brothers' team had a college education, not even Orville or Wilbur; and The New York Times followed them around nowhere.... The difference was, Orville and Wilbur were driven by a cause, by a purpose, by a belief. They believed that if they could figure out this flying machine, it'll change the course of the world. Samuel Pierpont Langley was different. He wanted to be rich, and he wanted to be famous. He was in pursuit of the result. He was in pursuit of the riches. And lo and behold, look what happened. The people who believed in the Wright brothers' dream worked with them with blood and sweat and tears. The others just worked for the paycheck. He wasn't first, he didn't get rich, he didn't get famous, so he quit.” (How Great Leaders Inspire Action, online) This example shows, a great example of Simon's point and it happened in real life. it shows that the people who used “Why? How? What?” were successful instead of the people who