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Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds QUOTES

1 " Storytelling is not something we do. Storytelling is who we are. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

2 " Science shows that passion is contagious, literally. You cannot inspire others unless you are inspired yourself. You stand a much greater chance of persuading and inspiring your listeners if you express an enthusiastic, passionate, and meaningful connection to your topic. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

3 " People cannot inspire others unless and until they are inspired themselves. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

4 " It’s been said that success doesn’t lead to happiness; happiness creates success. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

5 " Passion is the thing that will help you create the highest expression of your talent. —LARRY SMITH, TEDx, NOVEMBER 2011 "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

6 " Learning is one addiction I don’t mind admitting to. In fact, I celebrate it. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

7 " the power of the people is so much stronger than the people in power. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

8 " stories are just data with a soul. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

9 " Every ‘no’ means you’re one step closer to ‘yes. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

10 " As Daniel Pink notes in To Sell Is Human, “Like it or not, we’re all in sales now.”4 "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

11 " I’m a learning machine and this is the place to learn. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

12 " Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking,” Jobs told the graduates. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

13 " You’ve got to follow your passion. You’ve got to figure out what it is you love—who you really are. And have the courage to do that. I believe that the only courage anybody ever needs is the courage to follow your own dreams.” —Oprah Winfrey "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

14 " It’s just about being you and being cool with that. And I think when you’re authentic, you end up following your heart, and you put yourself in places and situations and conversations that you love and that you enjoy. You meet people that you like talking to. You go places you’ve dreamt about. And you and up following your heart and feeling very fulfilled. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

15 " Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Nothing great has ever been achieved without enthusiasm. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

16 " What’s the first thing you should do when creating a PowerPoint presentation? If you’re like many people you’ll say, “Open PowerPoint.” Wrong answer. You should plan the story first. Just as a movie director storyboards the scenes before he begins shooting, you should create the story before you open the tool. You’ll have plenty of time to design pretty slides once the story is complete, but if the story is boring, you’ve lost your audience before you’ve spoken a word. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

17 " The 18-minute rule isn’t simply a good exercise to learn discipline. It’s critical to avoid overloading your audience. Remember, constrained presentations require more creativity. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

18 " The first step to inspiring others is to make sure you’re inspired yourself. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

19 " Great conversations or presentations take you to ideas you’d never considered. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds

20 " The most popular TED speakers give presentations that stand out in a sea of ideas. As Daniel Pink notes in To Sell Is Human, “Like it or not, we’re all in sales now.”4 If you’ve been invited to give a TED talk, this book is your bible. If you haven’t been invited to give a TED talk and have no intention of doing so, this book is still among the most valuable books you’ll ever read because it will teach you how to sell yourself and your ideas more persuasively than you’ve ever imagined. It will teach you how to incorporate the elements that all inspiring presentations share, and it will show you how to reimagine the way you see yourself as a leader and a communicator. Remember, if you can’t inspire anyone else with your ideas, it won’t matter how great those ideas are. Ideas are only as good as the actions that follow the communication of those ideas. "

― Carmine Gallo , Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World's Top Minds