Roger Federer Speech at Dartmouth

We aim for perfection, when perfection is impossible.

43 years ago,
a tennis legend was born in Basel, Switzerland.

In case you don’t know him,
his name is Roger and his surname is Federer.

Dr. Roger Federer

Considered by many to be the best (and most elegant) tennis player in history.

But today,
I don’t want to talk about his tennis skills;
I want to talk about his mindset.

The same mindset you can apply to public speaking
(and to life, that in a way both are the same)

Roger has played a total of 1,526 singles matches,
winning almost 80% of them.

Yes, that’s a lot of victories.

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Out of all those matches he won,
do you know what percentage of points he won?

Only 54%.

A legend of the game, with more than 103 singles titles,
he won barely more than 50% of the points he played.

Here’s the key.

In tennis, in public speaking, and even in life,
we aim for perfection, when perfection is impossible.

When playing tennis,
you will lose a point , and it is okay, there will be a next point.

That point you lost is already behind you.

The same is when delivering a speech,
you will make a mistake, and it is okay, there will be another next message to pass.

The mistake you made is already behind you.

Of course,
you probably don’t like making mistakes (neither do I),
but mistakes are part of the game.

The key is to learn how to manage them.

How to manage the mistakes,
how to speak with confidence,
and how to use Artificial Intelligence for your speech – you can learnt it here

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