The greatest communicators have one thing in common. They are ruthless with their words. Every sentence, every story, every pause serves one core truth. You can feel it in great speeches. Even in the good ones, the truth is there, just buried under too much noise. Clarity is not just about what you say. It is about what you are willing to strip away. Watch the full video here: https://smpl.is/a8f0e #leadership #communication #speaker #speech #truth #selfimprovement #selfmastery #strength #values #virtues #wisdom

the greatest communicators have always had the habit, I think, or the intuition of ruthless focus, ruthless efficiency with their own words, with their own thoughts, with their own examples, stories, whatever it is, always pulling away everything that didn't service that one core truth. That's evident in, I think, every great speech. And I think it's also evident in the speeches that are just good, that don't really qualify as great. It feels like perfection is somewhere there, but it's buried under all of the stuff that's kind of irrelevant. It's hidden, right? The core is there. It's not like the core isn't there. More often than not, the problem is that there's all this other stuff on top of it, and the audience can't see that one core truth. So I guess that's another principle entirely. But once you have that one unifying game, it gives you clarity on what to remove and what to keep. And so I think for that reason, it helps the audience. It gives them a simpler, more efficient experience. Instead of 10 paragraphs, it's five, but you're still getting to the same mountaintop with less. You're getting there faster. And so that's a service to the audience.