卡耐基演講·3.在朋友面前預(yù)講

當(dāng)準(zhǔn)備進(jìn)行到一定程度的時(shí)候，要不要試講一下呢？這完全是應(yīng)該的。這是一個(gè)保證你萬(wàn)無(wú)一失且簡(jiǎn)單有效的方法。把你的想法，和朋友或同事們?cè)谌粘Ｕ勗捴辛牧?，沒(méi)有必要全部講出來(lái)，只需要在午餐桌前傾過(guò)身去，用類(lèi)似這樣的話談起：“喬，知不知道，那天我遭遇了一件不尋常的事?！眴炭赡茉敢饴?tīng)聽(tīng)你的故事。這時(shí)你就要仔細(xì)觀察他的反應(yīng)，聽(tīng)聽(tīng)他有什么樣的想法，說(shuō)不定他會(huì)有什么新的有趣的主意，那就很有價(jià)值了。他不知道你是在預(yù)演，事實(shí)上知道也沒(méi)關(guān)系。他或許會(huì)說(shuō)，聊得真痛快。Should you rehearse your talk after you have it in some kind of order? By all means. Here is a surefire method that is easy and effective. Use the ideas you have selected for your talk in everyday conversation with your friends and business associates. Instead of going over the ball scores, just lean across the luncheon table and say something like this, "You know, Joe, I had an unusual experience one day. I'd like to tell you about it." Joe will probably be happy to listen to your story. Watch him for his reactions. Listen to his response. He may have an interesting idea that may be valuable. He won't know that you are rehearsing your talk, and it really doesn't matter. But he probably will say that he enjoyed the conversation.

杰出的歷史學(xué)家艾蘭·尼文斯對(duì)作家也有類(lèi)似的忠告：“找一個(gè)對(duì)你的題材有興趣的朋友，詳盡地把你的想法講給他聽(tīng)。這種方式，可以幫你發(fā)現(xiàn)你可能遺漏的見(jiàn)解、事先無(wú)法預(yù)料的爭(zhēng)論以及找到最適合講述這個(gè)故事的形式?！盇llan Nevins, the distinguished historian, gives similar advice to writers, "Catch a friend who is interested in the subject and talk out what you have learned at length. In this way you discover facts of interpretation that you might have missed, points of arguments that had been unrealized, and the form most suitable for the story you have to tell."