卡耐基演講·3.給自己打氣

除非有可以為之犧牲的遠大的目標，否則任何一位演講者都會有懷疑自己題材的時候。他會問自己，他適不適合這個題目，聽眾會不會感興趣等，很可能一念之間便把題目改了。這種時候，消極的思想極可能徹底毀掉你的自信，你應該為自己先打打氣，用淺顯的話對自己說，講演是很適合你的，因為它來自你的經驗，來自你對生命的看法；你比任何一個聽眾都更有資格來作這番特別的演講，并且，蒼天在上，你會全力以赴，把它說個清楚的。這種古老的方法難道管用嗎？大概是的?，F代的實驗心理學家都同意，自我啟發(fā)而產生的動機，即使是假裝的，也是導致快速學習最有力的刺激之一。既然如此，根據事實所做的真誠的自我鼓勵，效果不知道要好多少。Unless he is consumed by some great cause to which he has dedicated his life, every speaker will experience moments of doubt about his subject matter. He will ask himself whether the topic is the right one for him, whether the audience will be interested in it. He will be sorely tempted to change his subject. At times like these, when negativism is most likely to tear down self-confidence completely, you should give yourself a pep talk. In clear, straightforward terms tell yourself that your talk is the right one for you, because it comes out of your experience, out of your thinking about life. Say to yourself that you are more qualified than any member of the audience to give this particular talk and, by George, you are going to do your best to put it across. Is this old-fashioned method working? It may be, but modem experimental psychologists now agree that motivation based on autosuggestion is one of the strongest incentives to rapid learning, even when simulated. How much more powerful then, will be the effect of a sincere pep talk based on the truth?