Here's the thing about public speaking. It's one of the few things in life where you can be 13 years old, you can be five years old, and you can actually be better than a lot of adults or parents. Now, that's just not true in a lot of things in life. It's not true with driving and other dangerous skills that are only available to adults. But public speaking is different. Here's why.

We've all seen really boring public speakers, sometimes teachers, sometimes people in other settings, whether it is people or speaking your community about various issues, we've all seen boring speakers. And what happens when you're bored. You Daydream. You doodle. You play on a cell phone or some sort of electronic game. That person isn't communicating at all.

Well, guess what? It doesn't matter if you're five years old, or 55 years old. If you're boring, you're not communicating. On the other hand, if you can stand up and speak, whether it's in front of just two parents, or in front of 30 other classmates, or perhaps your entire school 500 people, if you can do that, that is a great skill. And any age you can learn that is a great time to learn it because it's a skill you can use right now to help you get through school, but also to help you with every other project, whether it's a scouting project, whether you're trying to ask for an increase in allowance from your parents, the ability to speak, and to speak in a way where people will listen to you and have a sense that you're comfortable, relaxed. That's a good thing.

If they can understand you, and remember your message, there's just a much greater chance that you'll get what you want. Whether it's getting a good grade on that book, report, whether It is getting permission to go on that camping trip, whatever it is, you increase the odds of getting what you want in life, whether it's in school, whether it's at home, or anything else you do if you learn how to speak effectively so that's what we're gonna learn how to do right now.