Hitler as a Public Speaker

Public speaking is the most visible characteristic of leadership. Everyone who speaks publicly attains a type of leadership position: politicians, intellectuals, teachers, professors, radio hosts, weathermen, generals, reporters, religious leaders, youtubers, businessmen, entrepreneurs, visionaries; you name it.

They talk; others listen. They lead; others follow their train of thought.

If you want to lead you have to speak.

A speech and a lecture are different.

A lecture gives the 1, 2, 3 on how to land on the moon.

A speech is a call to action: land on the moon! Tear down this wall! Win one for the Gipper! We shall make beer on the moon before this decade is out!

A lecture aims to inform.  A speech aims to make something happen.

T. J. Walker is a media consultant with some words on Hitler’s speaking style.

He writes:

The lesson here is that public speaking, the power to move people to action through the spoken word, was and is still the most potent form of power in the world for good and evil. Those who want to accomplish good things for their country, community, company, service club, or even just their own career need to realize this force and use it accordingly.

Walker adds:

Hitler’s skill as a public speaker is especially intriguing in that it was seemingly his sole source for his rise to power.

Unlike other politicians before or since, Hitler had no other obvious strengths to draw upon.

Traditional power sources for politicians are as follows: wealth, charm, good looks (including height), family connections, academic credentials, elite education, erudition, charm, high military rank, business success, and other world (especially athletic) success.

Hitler had none of the traditional political assets. Not one.

He had one strength only: public speaking.

As a speaker, Walker writes, Hitler exhibited the following strengths:

  1. Pausing (though not captured in “Triumph,” Hitler would build anticipation to his speech by pausing for as long as several minutes before starting an address.
  2. Grand arm and hand movements – Hitler communicated with every fiber in his body.
  3. Full vocal range – Hitler would speak softly, even whisper, and he would shout at full lung capacity.
  4. Tempo change – Hitler would speak slowly, but then build faster and faster until he was racing, almost out of control.
  5. Visual and concrete – Hitler spoke of concrete visual things, the country, the land, the people, and not mere abstractions.
  6. Avoiding the lectern – Often times, Hitler did not even use a lectern. He wanted his audience to have an unobstructed view of him. He wanted to seem courageous and as one who didn’t need to hide behind a lectern or notes.
  7. Repetition – Hitler was highly repetitive, he fleshed out his concepts over and over again, never afraid of repeating himself. His audience had a firm understanding of his message when he was through.
  8. Narrow focus – Hitler always focused on a handful of themes in any speech; he didn’t do long laundry lists.
  9. Eye contact – In most of his speeches, Hitler looked up to the stars or out at his audience, he did not look down at his notes, often times eschewing notes altogether.
  10. Emotional Hitler never communicated with his audiences purely at an intellectual or abstract level; he always communicated at an intensely emotional level.

These aren’t all applicable in today’s television media environment, but they were vital in beer halls and open air stadiums.

My own tip in giving a speech is to realize that an authentic speech is to yourself.

When you use you, you mean yourself.

Have a mirror and give the speech to understand this.

YOU can handle the truth!

YOU will not take this lying down!

It’s a conversation to you. If you can handle the truth and you won’t take this lying down, your conviction will come across the audience who are listening in on your conversation to yourself. You will be in your own zone. They will be mesmerized.

A speech is to yourself.

If you believe it, your audience will believe you believe it. That’s the magic of leadership.

This man is serious. We see his real soul. If he believes his own bull, then we can too!

That’s the point of the speech…to move your audience.

That’s why Ron Paul held his audience. Ron Paul, like Hitler, had none of the traditional sources of power. Ron Paul believed his own bull. That’s a force to be reckoned with.

Another lesson is hypnotizing your audience. Take your finger and run your finger up and down your nose, and follow your finger. Keep your eye on your finger.

Did you just take a deep breath? You were hypnotized by your own finger and relaxed. It’s no different than following the watch back and forth.

Hypnotism is the willingness of an audience to follow your direction: imagine this, look at this, consider this. It’s not magic. A director of a movie is hypnotizing his audience. He directs their attention and they are willing to have their attention directed from this image to that image, from this scene to that scene. If you don’t like the movie, you can snap out of his direction at any time, and regain self-direction and direct attention to other things. A director is a hypnotist. So, is a speech maker. Don’t forget that when you craft your speech.

The successful director holds your attention. The successful orator holds your attention. You want to tune into him. Does your style and content suit and hold your audience? Are you addressing the real issues people want to hear?

The only reason Trump broke out of a packed field was immigration. He and only he cared to address it. He staked out his position and the public came to him. That’s the issue people wanted to hear about.  He won the audience and maybe he’ll win the presidency on, “It’s the invasion, stupid!”

As an aside, Trump’s style is a fusion of Hitler’s scowl, Mussolini’s chin pump (which may be a subconscious way of asserting authority, whereby the line under your chin runs over the head of your opponents creating the presence of dominance), and his own pursed lips and bobbing head. It’s kind of funny. He is a peacock on display. That’s part of his charm compared to Janet Reno’s flat little sister, Jeblyn, on her tippy toes. Low energy for sure.

Nationalists must give speeches to move the public. They must find venues. They must steal the Golden Microphone.

Whoever has the microphone rules.

Source Article from http://renegadetribune.com/hitler-public-speaker/

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