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is almost negligible.</p><p id="ef47">He fills his speeches with quotations and information that can only be acquired through deep research. In one of his interviews, he has mentioned how books have been his primary source of learning.</p><p id="1f02">For someone who dropped out of college, and steered away from conventional education, voracious reading seems to have certainly provided the intellectual rigor for making gripping presentations.</p><p id="fb9e">Ryan just doesn’t read books from cover to cover, he makes meticulous notes about the biggest learnings from the books and stores it separately to be referenced later.</p><p id="0c46">He goes back to these notes whenever he feels like a quick recap.</p><p id="9b36">Reading just doesn’t give the advantage of knowledge to a reader, but it comes with loads of fringe benefits. Reading has been considered the natural and one of the most sustainable paths for expanding one’s knowledge.</p><p id="435c">A good speaker makes the effort to communicate the topic/area of interest in the best possible manner.</p><p id="3622">On the other hand, an exemplary speaker would keep a broader

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perspective on a topic despite having disagreements with the perspective. This helps in keeping an open mind, and this can be developed with reading.</p><p id="fa28">Having a broad perspective about topics helps in self-reflection and there is no better fuel for someone who is headed down the path of becoming a remarkable speaker.</p><p id="4269">In addition to the obvious benefits of reading, it also helps in relaxing the body. Even the best orators in the world, at times, have had butterflies in their stomachs, and the extra relaxation that came with consistent reading was definitely helpful in getting out of the distress immediately.</p><h1 id="c01b">Final thoughts</h1><p id="dfbe">Ryan is not the first person to have attributed his general success and oratorical abilities to reading.</p><p id="c9ee">Mandela, Lincoln, Gandhi, Obama, Demosthenes, and other giants in history relied heavily on books because they were all completely aware of the benefits that it would bring to the table; especially helping them communicate their ideas effectively as an orator.</p><p id="b4c4"><i>Thank you for reading!</i></p></article></body>

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Ryan Holiday is an American best-selling author and renowned media strategist. Ryan gained a lot of popularity because of his immense contribution towards popularizing the greek philosophy of stoicism.

His contribution to the field of marketing has been immense, and his book “Growth hacker marketing” has been considered one of Inc. Magazine’s top 10 marketing books of 2014.

Due to his acumen in multifarious areas, he gets invited by some of the world’s biggest corporations to give keynote presentations and speeches. Ryan is not the perfect example of a power-packed speaker, but he manages to keep his audience gripped. A close review of his videos reveal one thing very quickly- the amount of fluff in his content is almost negligible.

He fills his speeches with quotations and information that can only be acquired through deep research. In one of his interviews, he has mentioned how books have been his primary source of learning.

For someone who dropped out of college, and steered away from conventional education, voracious reading seems to have certainly provided the intellectual rigor for making gripping presentations.

Ryan just doesn’t read books from cover to cover, he makes meticulous notes about the biggest learnings from the books and stores it separately to be referenced later.

He goes back to these notes whenever he feels like a quick recap.

Reading just doesn’t give the advantage of knowledge to a reader, but it comes with loads of fringe benefits. Reading has been considered the natural and one of the most sustainable paths for expanding one’s knowledge.

A good speaker makes the effort to communicate the topic/area of interest in the best possible manner.

On the other hand, an exemplary speaker would keep a broader perspective on a topic despite having disagreements with the perspective. This helps in keeping an open mind, and this can be developed with reading.

Having a broad perspective about topics helps in self-reflection and there is no better fuel for someone who is headed down the path of becoming a remarkable speaker.

In addition to the obvious benefits of reading, it also helps in relaxing the body. Even the best orators in the world, at times, have had butterflies in their stomachs, and the extra relaxation that came with consistent reading was definitely helpful in getting out of the distress immediately.

Final thoughts

Ryan is not the first person to have attributed his general success and oratorical abilities to reading.

Mandela, Lincoln, Gandhi, Obama, Demosthenes, and other giants in history relied heavily on books because they were all completely aware of the benefits that it would bring to the table; especially helping them communicate their ideas effectively as an orator.

Thank you for reading!

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