Support your main ideas

In the longer talk to get action you will have several points; the fewer the better, but all of them will require support material.

One good example is an experience out of an individual life and this type of example is so popular because it appeals to a basic drive in people.

I think everybody loves a story and I can see that from YouTube. Some people can’t wait to see the next series of a story, because of this reason and people continue making their own series of stories to be more popular.

This chapter mentioned that a speaker might also use statistics which are nothing more than illustrations scientifically grouped, expert testimony, analogies, exhibits or demonstrations.

Statistics are used to show the proportion of instances of a certain kind, they can be impressive and convincing, especially as evidence where an isolated example might not do as well. Also, Statistics, of themselves can be boring. I think we often use statistics data to convince others and use it as supporting data.

As we also discussed this related topic a couple of days ago, it takes extra time and effort to collect the statistics or supporting data which slows down the decision. I personally don’t think our overall schedule is tight compared to others, but these type of steps make extra hours for preparation and I think we are so used it as this type of procedure.

So, it becomes a normal process for many things and people are afraid to stand up to take a full responsibility of a decision without supporting data. I think it is also opposite of being challenged and ensures that every step is measured and calculated.

I think it is also related to somewhat innovation which is creating something from nothing. Not so much based on supporting data or statistical information. I am also curious whether there is some sort of relation with intellectual property numbers.