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Let me first say I’m slightly confused by all these wonderful things people have been saying about me all evening. Not that I don’t agree with your comments. In fact, I could add a few other qualities I think you’ve overlooked. But what genuinely confuses me is that none of you’ve bothered to mention these feelings to me before. Heck, if you’d only come and spoken to me before I retired, who knows, I might have given you a raise or a promotion. I would have at least spoken a little more kindly of you. Even towards you, for that matter.
Honestly, though, I couldn’t be more honored by tonight’s ceremony. To hear those who are the closest and most important people in my life recounting such touching memories is a very special pleasure.
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October 16th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
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We’ve been receiving some really good feedback on our previous posts where we enclosed phrases you can use in your speech or speech-writing. This will now become a regular feature in our posts. Here are a bunch more:
cabalistic phrase [cabalistic = secret or hidden meaning]
cadaverous appearance
calamitous course
calculating admiration
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October 2nd, 2007 at 12:44 pm
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A couple of weeks ago I had the privilege of interviewing the legendary motivational speaker Charlie ‘Tremendous’ Jones about the importance of developing effective public speaking skills. Charlie, as always, was gracious, passionate, and provided unique insights. If you want to develop public speaking skills, or improve your existing ones, before giving your next speech be sure to listen to it by clicking here.
For those of you who don’t know Charlie, he is a pioneer in the leadership training and personal development industries. He entered the insurance business at age 22, with MONY. At age 23, he was awarded his agency’s Most Valuable Associate Award. Ten years later, he received his company’s highest management award for recruiting, manpower and development, and business management. In 1965, he founded Life Management Services to share his experience through seminars and consulting services.
Thousands of audiences around the world have experienced non-stop laughter as his ideas about life’s most challenging situations in business and at home. Two of his speeches, "The Price of Leadership" and "Where Does Leadership Begin?" have been enjoyed by millions. He is the author and editor of nine books, including Life is Tremendous with more than 2,000,000 copies in print in 12 languages.
He is featured in numerous books and has received more awards then I can possibly recount in this blog. Click here to listen to the interview.
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September 18th, 2007 at 11:03 am
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Here are some more phrases you can use in your speech
babbling gossip
bacchanalian desires
bachelor freedom
bad omen
baffled sagacity [sagacity = farsighted; wise]
balanced capacity
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September 12th, 2007 at 9:10 am
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