Today after my Liberal Arts Undergraduate Elections, my friend Rob and I were talking about our old high school coaches and team captains. Rob talked about how as quarterback of his football team his favorite part wasn’t the games or the big plays but the impromptu pep up talks he and his fellow captains would give to their teammates. I responded with similar feelings about speeches and talking from the heart. I was reminded of y assistant wrestling coach who is an ex Marine and how he always said, “a true speech is never written down, it comes from the heart.”
I thought about this statement and if it applied to all the speeches I gave in high school and will continue to give in college. I decided that I kind of agree. My fondest memories of public speaking were times when I didn’t write down a formal speech and use note cards, but rather just talked.
In the YMCA Louisiana Youth Legislature, my gubernatorial campaign called kids to take action and get involved in their local communities and government. A speech with a message rooted in motivation, needs to be just that, motivational. As a spectator I am more motivated by personal conversation, emotion, and words straight from the heart as opposed to a formal speech.
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