Making Impromptu Talks

One story is about a director of a pharmaceutical company’s lab and he told of the fascinating work being done by chemists and biologists. So, the official asked a director to speak without any notification. But, he refused to talk in front of the audience and a little later, the chairman took him by surprise and asked a director to say a few words to us.

He stood up and managed no more than a couple of sentences. So, this chapter pointed out that the ability to assemble one’s thoughts and to speak on the spur of the moment is even more important, in some ways, than the ability to speak only after lengthy and laborious preparation. It also reminds me of the story that I read yesterday.  The Canadian Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canadians are watching what’s unfolding in the US with “horror and consternation” and he paused for 21 seconds when asked about Donald Trump. He has long been careful not to criticize Trump as Canada relies on the U.S, but he is paused and struggled to come up with the right words when asked about Trump calling for military action against protesters and He avoided mentioning Trump directly.

It was the same situation that he wasn’t ready to make impromptu comments. So, it reminds me, when I learned about this chapter.

In my opinion, the thinker can have this type of issue more often, because they have too many thoughts and it is hard to start. I also noticed that when I watch interviews about Tesla CEO Elon Musk.  I can see that he is a very smart person and also a deep thinker. Because of that, he has too many thoughts to speak about and it seem hard for him to get all his thoughts out in a clear order.