According to a new book, “The Female Mindâ€, women speak 20,000 words per day on average, while men speak only 7,000 words per day. The book is written by a female psychiatrist in Paris, Dr Luan Brizendine, who considers herself a feminist. According to Brizendine, women’s brains are programmed differently than men’s. Where women have positive chemical reactions associated with talking that are analogous to how men feel on heroin!
I don’t know about that. But I have noticed the following:
- Most presentation trainers in the world are women
- Most media trainers in the world are women
- The most highly paid talker in the world (Oprah) is a woman.
Before I talk myself out of a job, I should note that the best communicators know how to talk to both sexes and like both sexes. I hate to borrow from another author, but John Gray’s ‘Men are from Mars, Women are From Venus’ metaphor does hold up well when you are looking for speaking success techniques.
I believe that great speakers can be as tall, dark, and, well, as tight-lipped as Abe Lincoln giving a two minute Gettysburg address or as talkative and emotive as Oprah on a show where she has no guests. Great communicators have their own styles, but they can always bend and adapt to suit any audience.
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