Most of us seek happiness in all the wrong places. Trying to fill our lives with superficial happiness and instant gratification instead of valuing life as it is.The fact that most of us wake up in the morning being gifted with another day of life, is at times taken for granted. When I began looking for a Ted talk, I had no idea of what I was looking for. However, I found one in particular, and it managed to make a significant impact on my perception of happiness. Having this said, I decided to evaluate a Tedx talk that drew my attention by only noticing the title. My philosophy for a happy life, which was published in October, 2013. The talk was given by a seventeen year old named, Sam Berns. At the beginning of the talk, I came to learn that
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In my opinion, Sam did a great job doing this presentation having in mind that he is only seventeen. He kept his speech fluent the whole time, there was not a single filler used such as, “um, and uh.” He kept the audience entertained and used examples in order to back up his topics. The only thing I would recommend to Sam, would be having the speech projected on the screen instead of in hand. He may have preferred it this way, but I think that at times he would take the time to look down making it more difficult than it would be having it in front of him projected. In his speech, he adds stories and humor in order to deliver his point to the audience. He does this so the audience can have a topic to relate to or understand the points he is trying to deliver. I for one did relate to the speech he delivered, because it is similar to a situation I have at home. My brother, Marcus also suffers from a disability, so I took the opportunity to show him this Tedx talk in order to inspire him with his point of view towards life and with goals he has had difficulty in reaching. I believe Sam did a great job projecting his presentation even though it was in front of many people, which at times can be intimidating. His flow throughout the speech was natural, as if telling a story. However, I noticed that during some points of his speech Sam runs out of air. I could tell he was having
In my opinion, Sam did a great job doing this presentation having in mind that he is only seventeen. He kept his speech fluent the whole time, there was not a single filler used such as, “um, and uh.” He kept the audience entertained and used examples in order to back up his topics. The only thing I would recommend to Sam, would be having the speech projected on the screen instead of in hand. He may have preferred it this way, but I think that at times he would take the time to look down making it more difficult than it would be having it in front of him projected. In his speech, he adds stories and humor in order to deliver his point to the audience. He does this so the audience can have a topic to relate to or understand the points he is trying to deliver. I for one did relate to the speech he delivered, because it is similar to a situation I have at home. My brother, Marcus also suffers from a disability, so I took the opportunity to show him this Tedx talk in order to inspire him with his point of view towards life and with goals he has had difficulty in reaching. I believe Sam did a great job projecting his presentation even though it was in front of many people, which at times can be intimidating. His flow throughout the speech was natural, as if telling a story. However, I noticed that during some points of his speech Sam runs out of air. I could tell he was having