06/26/2025

How to Handle Yourself in an Argument

When you become too passionate, you can alienate your audience

Emotion is a powerful tool of public speaking. A lot is happening on an emotional plane in terms of audiences accepting what you say. That's why going into a speech or presentation prepared onlyto convey "important" information is a losing strategy.

How could it not be so? We can surmise that our species was able to convey feelings and intentions long before we could articulate our state of mind as language—probably by hundreds of thousands of years. What you say matters greatly. But what's underneathit, and what listeners draw upon, is a far deeper reservoir.

At the time, to any modern audience, language matters. Unfortunately, it's easy to use mundane and overused terms and expressions (especially the ones everyone uses from your industry). After all, it's the content and data that really matter, isn't it?

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