The management of public speaking is necessary to perform in any field from the political to the business field. This article is a brief review of the oratory qualities of that giant in the art of oratory named Winston Churchill, considered one of the greatest leaders of the 20th century. He went on to say that his lifelong ambition was to achieve be a "master of the spoken word". It is said that his oratory has become a classic, and that it was the fruit of a methodical, persistent, and colossal effort. However, he had to work hard to achieve mastery that was elusive. But despite his shortcomings and limitations, he had the talent, the necessary raw materials, in addition to his memory, his intelligence and a tenacious willpower. He had difficulties, he stammered, and even stuttered to speak, there were letters that he dragged with his tongue and he did not pronounce them well. His physical presence was not his main attraction, he was neither tall nor handsome, his gait was neither graceful nor elegant, nor did he have a powerful voice.
A GIANT
It is said that this giant who was never short of words had no natural facility to speak, which seems an incredible statement from someone whose entire speeches reach more than four million words, printed in eight thick volumes. He went on to say that his lifelong ambition was to become a "master of the spoken word. " His oratory is said to have become a classic, the fruit of a methodical, persistent, and colossal effort. However, he had to work hard to achieve mastery that was elusive.
Oratorical concerns were carried from a very young age, because he had his sights set on the objective of developing a political career, which in Great Britain began by developing a parliamentary career in the House of Commons of Parliament.
YOUR LACKS AND LIMITATIONS
However, despite his shortcomings and limitations, he had the talent, the necessary raw material, in addition to his memory, his intelligence and a tenacious will power. He had difficulties, he stammered, and even stuttered to speak, there were letters that he dragged with his tongue and he did not pronounce them well. His physical presence was not his main attraction, he was neither tall nor handsome, his gait was neither graceful nor elegant, nor did he have a powerful voice.
Furthermore, it did not come from the universities where the English elite was formed; Oxford, Cambridge, one of whose hallmarks is debate training. However, from a very young Churchill, he traced a discipline to become a successful speaker: he studies, reads a lot, consults with specialists in the management of voice and diction; Practice beyond fatigue, rehearse each gesture and movement in front of the mirror so that the hands and face keep the rhythm of the phrases.
He writes the speeches, he learns them. Considering the astonishing contrast between his limitations and his monumental oral legacy, considering his impact on the events of his time, it could be said that his endeavor in oratory reached the point of heroism. He was by no means an improviser, his speeches were the fruit of laborious, long and detailed preparation.
Her first "maiden" speech before the camera, required six weeks to prepare. Since her speeches were in writing, it was difficult for her to get out of the text. In April 1909, he was stuck in the middle of a speech, having to sit down overwhelmed by the impossibility of continuing. On another occasion a political rival, taking advantage of his dependence on written and memorized text, recognized the quality of his verbal artillery, which was heavy, but told him that some mobility would do him good.
Mobilized LANGUAGE I NGLÉS
Churchill said that "words are the only things that last forever. " Mastering language is not only a matter of rich vocabulary, it also involved sounds, musicality, knowledge of the combinations that generate images that connect with the senses: with the ears, with the sight and with the skin. As a cultist of the word, he shuns the empty word and condemns false words. "There is no worse mistake in public leadership than raising false hopes that will soon be swept away."
Winston Spencer Churchill, it was claimed, mobilized the English language and sent it to the battlefield. In his time he became the greatest in the field of oratory, to which he dedicated his most strenuous efforts, something admirable, in this man, who in order to speak in public had to begin by overcoming his own limitations.
