I've had a lifelong fascination with highly productive people. I've studied them my whole life. I've tried to figure out, what is it they do? What's the commonality among wildly successful, productive people, whether they are in the role of politics, finance, engineering technology? What's the one thing that is remarkably consistent? And what I found is it's not getting up early.
It's not about being a teetotaller. It's not about going to bed early. It's really one thing that I found is remarkably consistent, and that is the ability to communicate effectively, especially to larger audiences. If you aspire to be so highly productive, that you become a CEO or a founder of a major company, or a major political party or head of government, then if you really want to be productive, you've got to be Great public speaker. Now, this isn't a public speaking class, you didn't sign up for a public speaking class. But I just wanted to share with you what I find the number one secret that other people don't talk about.
It's that great communicators, great, productive people doesn't matter if it's Anthony Robbins in the personal development space. Doesn't matter if it's Steve Jobs in the high tech space, people who are really successful, learn how to give speeches. Why is this so important? Because the ultimate and productivity is when you can get your ideas to the masses. You can't do that. Just sending one email at a time.
You can't do that having a one on one meeting with different people. You can't do that just by having one person at a time come to your home or come to your business. You have to speak to large groups of people. So I know some of you don't like public speaking you tell yourself you're not a public speaker. If you want to radically improve your personal productivity, to help you, in your business life, your professional life, every aspect of life, I urge you to become a better public speaker and presenter. Now, later on the course, in the bonus section, I'll be giving you a lot of videos and training just on how to be a better speaker.
But for right now, I want you to think about this because quite often, that is the white elephant in the room that no one wants to talk about when it's time for you to be reviewed for a promotion within your company. You might actually be productive, getting to work on time, filing reports properly, working with others nicely, but if you can't speak on behalf of the whole organization to others, that could be what's destroying your productivity in the long haul for your career. So Start thinking now about how to be a better communicator and a better speaker. homework assignment right now, you really want to get ahead. Go ahead right now, record a simple talking head video. really describe your career ambitions in your personal ambitions.
Where do you want to take this personal productivity that you're learning in this course? Where do you really see yourself as far as your career, your civic life, professional life and personal life, make a short little video, post it on YouTube or Facebook and then post the URL? Right here in the q&a section.