How can I make everyone happy with my speech?
The question is, do you really have to make everyone happy with your speech? Is it even possible to make everyone happy with anything that we do?I would say let's not focus on making anybody happy but giving a speech which adds the maximum value to people. When starting with this approach, you can identify what you are trying to do with your speech - inform, motivate, entertain etc. and do that to the best so that you have added maximum value to them.Personal stories, facts and humor are great tools to keep people hooked to the speech. It's easy to find personal stories (they are your life stories after all), and facts are available on the internet. Humor is bit tricky and comes with practice.Depending on what you want from the speech, you can create the content accordingly and give the speech with sincerity and enthusiasm. I'm sure when done this way, the audience will love the speech :)
I love everyone and want everyone to be happy. How can I help make this a reality?
You love every one huh? That’s amazing to me. I’m still trying to see love in everything and appreciate everything and everyone for what it/he/she is…. so I think if you really do love-love everyone…. kudos!But I would like you to ask yourself a few questions.…. What do you mean when you say you love everyone?Are you able to accept (this is very important) everyone for what they are? Especially those whose living/lifestyle choices OR morals/ethics/convictions are polar opposite to yours?Is yours an active and involved love?And is it constant or does it change with your state of mind?If you really and truly love everyone, then you have accomplished something very few are able to - which is deserving of great appreciation.But your question baffles me a bit. What do you mean by how can you make it into a reality? Make everyone happy? The next questions might seem rude… Is it to make everyone like you? Or is it so you get to not witness sadness? What is your motive here?Sorry if that offended you… but my point is ….. Isn’t everyone on their own journey? Joy and sorrow are part of it. Experiences that cause sorrow are often there to teach our soul an important lesson. One of my very wise friends tells me that is we have nothing left to learn, our souls will no longer live this mortal life.So, if we truly love someone (everyone? really?), shouldn’t we be there for them through their journey … in whatever capacity we can… and that which is acceptable to them? There will be times to share laughter and there will be times when our support is needed…. that’s love no?Well… that’s the way I see it. Good luck!
Can money buy happiness?
Everybody's happiness is personally defined. Intangible things like love and laughter can not be purchased, but some things that you buy with money can make you happy. There are too many personal factors to say if money will buy you happiness such as; your levels of contentment and your individual needs, but most of the time a nice new pair of shoes or a nice meal at a restaurant can make one happy. If money couldn't buy happiness then most businesses that sell non-necessities would go out of business, but they don't because people love "stuff". We are human and we don't just have needs, we have wants. Happiness is a summation of our needs, wants, successes, and relationships being fulfilled at certain levels of expectation. Money can fulfill some of those expectations. This article on happiness may help you: http://www.thesolutionwebsite.com/howtof...
Help on a 2 minute speech on happiness?
GREATEST BOOK EVER!!! The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt You probably don't have time to read the book before the speech, so check out his website. It has tons of resources http://www.happinesshypothesis.com/ It also has some good quotes!!! As far as the delivery goes, I feel ya with the nerves. Try have a note card with bullet points of your main points. If you get out of order, don't panic, just keep going. Also sometimes having a visual aide will help jog your memory, like a diagram or mind map. If you make it look nice you can use it as a prop during your speech. Give the kids something to look at.
Wedding toast/speech help? From Sister of the Groom?
I need to prepare a special occasion speech for a public speaking class. 3-5 minutes long. I am doing a toast for my brother's wedding. It's only 1 minute so far... Good evening everyone. It is with great joy that I say congratulations to my brother Craig and his beautiful new bride, Tiffany. They say there is someone out there for everyone, and I think that Craig has definitely found his other half with Tiff. From the first time I met Tiffany, I knew she was someone special to my brother. As I got to know Tiff more she became someone who is special to me as well. Tiffany, you're everything I could ever want for my brother and I am pleased to welcome you to our family. Over the last few years we have already become like sisters, as of today it's official. Craig, I am so happy for you. You are going to be a great husband. Ronald Reagan said, “There is no greater happiness for a man than approaching a door at the end of a day, knowing someone on the other side of that door is waiting for the sound of his footsteps.” When I see the happiness that radiates from you when you are with Tiffany and when you see her smile, I know that you agree with Reagan. I wish you both the greatest happiness throughout your lives. May the best of your yesterdays be the worst of your tomorrows. Let's all raise our glasses in honor of the bride and groom!
Does everyone deserve to be happy or does everyone deserve the chance to be happy?
“Deserve” is such a loaded word, very close to “entitled”. It implies that someone outside yourself should deliver happiness to your door.We are all responsible for our own happiness. An old aphorism that I think I first heard in an AA meeting: “Happiness comes from liking who you are.” I am sorry for your friends who has only experienced unhappiness.I recommend you support him to start doing activities that he can be proud of. Accomplish things that he values, that make him feel good. Whatever his past — and some people have horrific pasts — he can find paths to happiness. He could also consider therapy, as undiagnosed depression could be a part of his unhappiness.
I have everything I thought I wanted, and I'm still not happy. Why?
I had everything I ever wanted.Not just the money, the beautiful house and the great job. I also was a well-balanced human being gifted with intelligence, humour, good looks and so on. I also had an amazing family, close friends, a loving partner and a beautiful dog.I was miserable.The wake-up-in-the-morning-and-wish-you -hadn’t kind of miserable.I was so unhappy, and on top of that I felt really guilty because it felt like I had nothing to complain or be unhappy about. And I didn’t.This state lasted for about two years before I completely broke down.I broke down out of frustration that I couldn’t answer the following question:“I have everything I want - how can I possibly be unhappy?”This lead me on the search for happiness. What is it it and where does it come from?I spoke to the most inspirational business leaders,I went to see psychologists and psychiatrists,I had the chance to meet some of the world’s spiritual leaders,I sat by enlightened masters,I practiced sports, yoga, meditation and holidayed on sandy beaches.After all this, it took a complete surrender of everything I thought I was, and it took me giving giving up on life altogether.Then I understood.More than simply understood, I experienced it first hand.I came to know true happiness.So what is it and how is Happiness achieved?Happiness comes from within.I guess you know that already but let me just reiterate how true this is. I’ve seen the world’s richest people be the most miserable and people with ‘nothing’ happy as children. This proverb describes it well:Happiness does not mean feeling joy, or even good.Sounds crazy, right? Let me explain… Happiness does not come from feeling good, it comes from not feeling conflicted, not repressing, or not trying to hold on to anything.Happiness is the art of living in the present moment, accepting everything as it is an not wanting to change it.Happiness is remaining open to whatever life throws your way, no matter how painful it may be.Happiness is remaining true to the quality of the moment, to what really is rather to what you want it to be.I am still in disbelief that after so many years of misery I can say that I am truly happy, and that nothing outside that shift this state.I write this in the hope that at least one person is inspired by this and that it rings as true. In my experience, it is.
Can you read my 2 minutes speech?
Is a ceremonial speech(sentimental speech) that celebrates my grandma. what do you think about it? Do you think I need to change something? A grandmother is a special thing indeed. For she can give all of a mother's love and wisdom, yet never has to give her discipline. My grandmother has had a big impact in my life; she taught me so many important life lessons. She taught me the importance of kindness, the importance of getting an education. Kindness can come in many ways and my grandmother is one of those women that take care of others before herself. She truly enjoys giving things away; always saying she doesn’t need so much. She always makes sure everyone has enough to eat or a little gift when she sees you. She is not selfish and got a true charge out of giving rather than receiving. She has a way of making people feel special, accepted and loved. This is one of the things that I admire about her the most; her open-hearted acceptance. Grandma allows you to live without fear of judgment, which, in turn, inspires you to want to make her proud. She is the one who instilled my conscience and shaped me into the person that I am today. For that, I will forever be grateful. My parents were always traveling or working and my Grandma devoted herself to our care and up-bringing. She never compromised in her belief that we were the priority and if that meant staying up late to help with homework, a sick tummy or making sure we made it in the door safely – she did it without complaint or hesitation. If we had a sport we played or a concert at school, she never passed up an opportunity to show her undeviating regard for her family. Although she was not often vocal about her love, we unconditionally felt the love emanating from her every action. My Grandma is the person that has influenced my life the most because she is the one person that has always been by my side, and always encourages me to reach my full potential. The moments I've spent with her are the most memorable ones of my life. I still remember them fondly. Grandmas just love you so much more - my grandmother sure does! My parents are loving and caring, but my grandma is that much more to me. She is so loving and caring and nurturing. She is a strong woman - the woman I adore the most!!