Walking back from dropping the kids off at school today a scrap of paper blew under my feet. Being anal about litter, if I can I always pick it up, I scooped up the piece of paper.
Written on one side was what looked like a summery from someones homework.
The handwriting is neat, the i's dotted with little circles.
After reading it I realised that what ever it was, it came across like the best advice for life EVER!
Let me share with you.
"How can I improve my talk skills in the light of what I have seen in this task?
*Joke
*Personal viewpoint
*your feelings
*Rhetorical questions
*Refer back to start in conclusion
*Exiting ending/big question?
*Expand your vocabulary
*Use your words wisely
*Project voice. "
Lets go through these then.
Joke..genius! Of course, what would life be without a huge dose of humor!?
Personal viewpoint..Without it who are you? Early on its important to be comfortable with your own view on the world and not just blindly follow another.
Your feelings..Just as important as everyone else's. You deserve to have your feelings taken into account.
Rhetorical questions.. Without them we cannot make our audience pause and think. How can the planet endure so much pollution? How could the government lie? There are no answers only an opening to debate.
Refer back to start in conclusion.. Did you get where you wanted to be? Its all about the end result rather than the path you took.
Exciting ending? big question? .. I sure hope I do get one. I hope that at the time of my demise at least one person will think I did my bit.
Expand your vocabulary ..Haven't we all over the last few years? Peak oil, Indigo children, Biomedical, permaculture, sustainability?
use your words wisely ..Never a truer word said. Being a militant anything spewing insults left and right is never a way to get people to listen. My I be struck down the day I take veganism/enviromentalis/ any-ism that fanatically. Choose your words well and they will listen.
Project voice ..Because if you don't no one will do it for you. Speak up for what you believe in, not with anger but with clear reason.
I'm sorry mystery kid who lost their homework,,but thanks for brightening my day :)
Out of the mouths of babes eh? Project voice is a big one for me right now. Both Odum and I have to be Tristan's voice since he doesn't quite have one yet. And speaking up for what I believe in is more important now that it ever was.
ReplyDeleteThanks for this, its inspiring and it really brightened my day too!
happy birthday again to Tristan Andrea and Odum :) x
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