Chapter 9 Don't overeat before a speech

Giving a speech after a big meal can neither achieve the best state of the body nor allow the speech to be fully developed. The reason is that the blood that should be sent to the brain is all concentrated on the stomach and the steak. , The potato chip battle is gone. Getting plenty of rest is a must if you want to be effective in your presentation.A tired speaker is hardly engaging.Don't make this most common mistake: Putting off preparation and planning until the last minute, rushing through to make up lost time.If so, the body will be damaged and the mind will be fatigued.It is a dreadful thing that weighs you down, weakens your vitality, and weakens your mind and nerves.

If you have to give an important speech to the committee at four o'clock, you should eat lunch first - and take a few minutes of refreshment nap if you have time.Rest is exactly what you need, both mentally and physically. Gillatine Farrah's routine usually surprises those who are new to her.She often said goodnight to them early and went to bed, leaving them and her husband to chat.This is simply the need for the art she does.Madame Nautica said that being a prima donna means you have to give up everything you love: your social life, your friends, your delicious food. Before delivering an important speech, be careful not to eat too much. Follow the example of those saints and eat a little bit.At five o'clock every Sunday afternoon, Henry Picchu tended to eat nothing but biscuits and milk.

Mrs. Moba said: "If I am going to sing at night, I don't eat lunch. I only eat a little chicken, or fish, or sweet bread, an apple and a glass of water at five o'clock in the afternoon. So every time I go to the opera house or concert When I got home, I found myself starving." Mrs. Moba and Biqiu's approach is very wise.I didn't understand this until I became a professional speaker and had the experience of giving a two-hour speech after a big meal.I know from experience that when you devour your pre-dinner wine and soup, along with steak, chips and salad, veggies, dessert, and then stand for an hour, you're neither in the best shape of your body nor your speech. The reason is that the blood that should be sent to the brain is all concentrated on the stomach to fight with steak and potato chips.The famous musician Paderewski said empathetically that if he eats as much as he wants before a concert, his animal nature will prevail and even penetrate into his fingertips, causing his prelude to suffer. break or become dull.