{"id":1695,"date":"2018-07-15T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2018-09-02T15:51:07","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T15:51:07","slug":"cognition-and-emotion-a-public-speakers-combination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/public-speaking\/cognition-and-emotion-a-public-speakers-combination","title":{"rendered":"Cognition and Emotion: a Public-Speaker\u2019s Combination"},"content":{"rendered":"

Human rationality has not evolved without the human emotional side. And vice versa. Of course: how could it have been otherwise?<\/h3>\n

Emotional and rational<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emotional brain structures have not evolved unchanged from animal ancestry towards humanity. In fact, they have evolved most<\/em> of all.<\/p>\n

Even more, the \u2018more ancient\u2019 emotional structures have evolved in concordance with more cognitive, cortical ones. The brain is \u2018made to work as a whole\u2019. As a result of this:<\/p>\n

Emotional and cognitive parts of the brain are intermingled.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Emotional parts are very \u2018cognitive\u2019 inside (= \u2018information processing\u2019: computation, calculation, learning). Moreover, they are also related to other cognitively complex brain areas. They don\u2019t function in an emotional container.<\/p>\n

At the other side, cognitive parts also never work without much communications with emotional parts. Moreover, they are quite under influence of hormones that we see as \u2018emotional\u2019 drivers within the functioning of the brain.<\/p>\n

Thus, we are not <emotional animals> + <rationality>.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We are human all-in-all.<\/p>\n

Thus, do not<\/em> debase your emotional side!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so much better to value it and to further develop it. By debasing your emotional side, you make it an image of your preconception. That\u2019s a pity.<\/p>\n

The most important consequence for public-speaking<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People walk away with 4% of your content. With an emotional response however, people feel changed and may even decide to change their life based on how you make them feel. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Superficial feelings -> superficial change.<\/p>\n

Deep feelings -> deep change.<\/p>\n

Additionally, they also retain more of the content.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not altogether easy. If people don\u2019t want to change, they need only one argument to (not) change. All the arguments at the other side don\u2019t do much. Nevertheless, your job is to make them want to change<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So, yes, you may and should \u2018talk to emotions\u2019<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

but see these as VERY cognitively complex. Otherwise, you debase them you shouldn\u2019t, if you talk \u2018towards a better world\u2019, by supporting people\u2019s growth. An important part of this \u2018growth\u2019 lies in evolving towards deeper and more qualitative feelings.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/a>Also when making your audience do a little exercise: try to reach your public emotionally, in a deep and rational way. Not just at surface level. Although the latter may be easier, it\u2019s denigrating the possibly fathomless depth of your public\u2019s emotions.<\/p>\n

As a speaker<\/strong>, <\/a>also listen to your own emotions<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

even if your subject is cognitive \/ intellectual. Your audience experiences this. They also feel the sincerity<\/em> of your emotions. Let your emotions be as intermingled with your rational content as they are with your rational self.<\/p>\n

People forgive much but not a lack of passion.<\/p>\n

By valuing your own emotions, you show your public how to value theirs. This is a kind of one-to-many coaching experience.<\/p>\n

That is finally what a good public speaker is: a good one-to-many coach, an Open Leader [see: \u2018Open Leaderschip<\/a>\u2019].<\/p>\n

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