Chapter 11 The first five skills: how to speak clearly

When people talk to each other, only when they speak clearly can the thoughts and intentions they want to express be understood and accepted by the other party.Otherwise, it is easy to cause misunderstanding. How to speak clearly? Carnegie talked about several vivid examples. One day, Carnegie was in class, discussing the side effects of troubles with students, a man named Carl.Leisen's students stood up to speak.At one point he talked about the vaccinations and smallpox vaccinations all over the city, because two people died, and two thousand doctors and nurses were working overtime day and night; at another point he said that he had been tortured by stomach ulcers for twelve years; There are two million people who are sick. However, he has never explained how troubles arise and how they affect people's health and learning.

Annie, who was beautiful and moving, seemed embarrassed when she came on stage, and ran off before finishing fifty words.He didn't even touch the side of trouble. Carnegie believes that Carl.Leisen, Annie and others actually failed to deal with a problem, that is: how should we say it, that is, how to make it clear. To make things clear, we must first highlight the key points. Talking is different from writing an article. After the article is written, the words can be written in black and white, and can be deleted and revised repeatedly.To speak is to say a word, and it is hard to follow.Therefore, you must highlight the key points so that you can clearly and unambiguously convey your thoughts and intentions to the other party.

For example, if you want to introduce a mobile phone to your family, it depends on what your purpose of introducing this mobile phone is.If your motivation is to sell this kind of product, you should focus on introducing its function and quality; In terms of its model, style, structure and characteristics, it is clear to people at a glance.In short, you can't talk about all aspects of the mobile phone without asking the purpose of the talk. In that case, you can't explain it clearly!