Tuesday, 19 November 2019

Imagination is Everything by Steve Harvey

Comedian, motivational speaker, chat show host/television personality....the list goes on and on for Steve Harvey. He is pure genius in the way he communicates with his audience, the wisdom in his words, and the delivery of those words. There are a lot of gold nuggets in this short talk, e.g. The biggest killer of big dreams is when you tell them to small minded people....

Thursday, 7 November 2019

Harvard Commencement Address by J.K.Rowling

J.K.Rowling gave an absolutely brilliant speech full of wit, wisdom, and vulnerability. Of course we fully expected this amazing Lady to have a near mesmerising way with words but surely, this commencement address says so much more about her. It is no wonder why, 8 years and 4.5M views later, this is a talk worth watching again. Sure you can see that, as she mentioned, she was nervous and did not memorise her talk...and that is wonderful, even if perfectionists might not agree. I wanted to include this as a wonderful example of a great word smith, providing us with lots of great nuggets, while sharing her amazing journey.