Thank you Ted. I have to address a large crowd tomorrow. It's an important address - because being the occasion of my retirement, it is my last one. I have been fretting over what I will say. In my head I have drafts of a speech with just the right motivational words and phrases.
My whole being is resisting making a "speech". It's not me …
Thank you Ted. I have to address a large crowd tomorrow. It's an important address - because being the occasion of my retirement, it is my last one. I have been fretting over what I will say. In my head I have drafts of a speech with just the right motivational words and phrases.
My whole being is resisting making a "speech". It's not me - not what I do day-to-day when I meet people. So, thanks to your column, I am tossing out my drafts. I will just sit before this large group of people who are my friends and just talk. I might even make it a two-way conversation. I can do that.
Thank you Ted. I have to address a large crowd tomorrow. It's an important address - because being the occasion of my retirement, it is my last one. I have been fretting over what I will say. In my head I have drafts of a speech with just the right motivational words and phrases.
My whole being is resisting making a "speech". It's not me - not what I do day-to-day when I meet people. So, thanks to your column, I am tossing out my drafts. I will just sit before this large group of people who are my friends and just talk. I might even make it a two-way conversation. I can do that.
I am so bad at speeches but this worked at my wedding and I am quite proud of it.