I’ve read books in English, French, and Arabic. Both fiction and non-fiction.
Mostly, I’ll post here non-fiction English books. At least, the ones that I can recommend and might be relevant to most of you.
Also, I’ll skip the books that I read but don’t remember much of them. I spent a decade reading without taking notes. Please don’t do like me. It’s such a waste.
This section is only meant to spark your interest in books. So I’ll only write my impressions and three notes from the books. For more details, summaries and reviews, you can find them on Amazon or any other source.
For a faster research, you can click on any tag below to find the books of your interests.
Speak Like Churchill, Stand Like Lincoln
21 Powerful Secrets of History's Greatest Speakers
James C. Humes
This book is filled with stories of great speakers and leaders. Each one of them had tools to make their speech impactful. Without them, they couldn't sell their ideas. Some of the tools are applicable to writing.
Three notes from the book:
1- Never, never, never let words come out of your mouth when your eyes are looking down.
2- Listening to long speech can seem like reading a book without punctuation>
3- The difference between so-so and superb speakers is often this: One begins banally, the other with a bang.
Confessions of a Public Speaker
Hilarious and highly practical bestseller
Scott Berkun
Public speaking was on the list of the things that freaks me out. Besides joining Toastmasters for practice, I bought some books to help me accelerate my learning. If you want to improve your performance, this book has practical tips and it's fun to read.
Three notes from the book:
1- If you want to be good at something, the first thing to go out of the window is the notion of perfection.
2- The body's reaction to fear and excitement is the same...so it becomes a mental decision: am I afraid or am I excited?
3- All good public speaking is based on good private thinking.
