THE MISTAKE MOTIVATORS MAKE
It is human and of course an endeavour worthy of pursuit to leave the crowd you are addressing wild with excitement. Perhaps great orators of all the time achieved this. Martin Luther king Jnr. could drive his audience into a kind of a wild trance. This only works for the political escapades and perhaps some of the dramatised preachings that are not uncommon in the Kenyan arena. Those who are keen are quick to notice that it was not more of the eloquence of Martin Luther King jnr that has outlived generations, but the nobility of the cause with which he was ready to die for and indeed he died for it. So when you are involved in motivation talks, the key element should not be the spectre or lustre of the event, but the intentioned lasting impact that it will have on the people you are talking to. It should not be a shouting match, but a simple, calculated approach devoid of exaggeration of the speaker's success. This will have a countereffect in the sense that the students spoken to will not associate with you. They will idolise you but on the contrary will not rise to the challenge to emulate you.