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Tag Archives: simplicity
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 282) – Seth Godin
“If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.“ — Seth Godin
Simplicity is the key to brilliance
Don’t take my word for it. Just ask … Aristotle Frédéric Chopin Chip and Dan Heath Steve Jobs Bruce Lee Charles Mingus Pablo Picasso Dieter Rams Ken Segall Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Robin Sharma Simplicity isn’t simple. It takes thought and … Continue reading
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 275) – Mies van der Rohe
“Less is more.” — Mies van der Rohe Photo courtesy of Mies van der Rohe Society
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 252) – Jack Kerouac
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac Photo courtesy of Tom Palumbo
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Lessons in Simplicity from Apple’s Former Ad Agency Creative Director
Recently I have been catching up on some reading material that sits in a stack on a side desk. (The stack grows and shrinks, but I suspect that the stack will always be there.) One of the articles that caught … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, audience, Ken Segall, Presentation, public speaking, simplicity, Steve Jobs
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 236) – Luis von Ahn
“I was being unclear about what I was saying and I did not fully understand what I was trying to explain to [my PhD supervisor]. He would drill deeper and deeper and deeper until I realized that there was something that I … Continue reading
Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 233) – Aristotle
“It is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences—makes them, as the poets tell us, ‘charm the crowd’s ears more finely’. Educated men lay down broad general principles; uneducated men argue from … Continue reading
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The Potent Simplicity of Donald Trump
As election year 2016 rolls along in the United States, we can no longer ignore the very real possibility that Donald Trump will be the Republican nominee for President. I did not think that American politics could get much more bizarre, … Continue reading
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Tagged Delivery, Donald Trump, Ernest Hemingway, Nerdwriter, pubic speaking, simplicity, Winston Churchill
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Quotes for Public Speakers (No. 220) – William Zinsser
“Who can understand the clotted language of everyday American commerce: the memo, the corporate report, the business letter, the notice from the bank explaining its latest “simplified” statement? What member of an insurance plan can decipher the brochure explaining the … Continue reading
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