After driving for about six hours, a trucker decides to pull over and sleep for a little while. As soon as he falls asleep, he is awoken by some knocks on the door of his cab. “Can you tell me…
Speech #1 Ice Breaker “Broke Da Ice”
Death has played a big part in what I am today. I was 12 years old when my grandmother died. As the oldest grandson in a Chinese family, I had a special role to play. On the day of her…
Speech #2 Speak with Sincerity: Mind Your Moves
Jim Fixx, author of the bestselling book, The Complete Book of Running, died from a heart attack while jogging at the age of 52. The USA ranked 12th out of 13 countries looking at 16 health indicators. Japan was first,…
Speech #3 Organize Your Speech: Lettuce and Tomato Please but Hold on the Tylenol
Fellow Toastees, Toastettes, and various Marmaladers, When John called me last night, I was hard-pressed to think of a lesson that I’ve learned from life. After all M. D., according to my wife, stands for mentally deficient, so it was…
Speech #5 Vocal Variety: Ah Phooey!
Ah Phooey is not the name of a Chinese relative of mine.J No, it?s an expression of the frustration I?m having trying to be a properly toasted Toastmaster, one that is not overly burnt. It?s also a reason to incorporate…
Speech #7 Apply Your Skills: Wild about Standard Process
I’m just wild about Standard Process. How many of you take some kind of vitamin, herbal, or nutritional supplement on a daily basis? This is remarkable, isn’t it? This is not surprising because in 1997 4 out of 10 Americans…
Speech #8 Add Impact to Your Speech: Health in the Palm of Your Hand
Can you imagine the secret to your health in the palm of your hand? I’m going to show you how this tool (show the tool) can give you just that. I’m going to suggest to you that caring for your…
Speech #9 Persuade with Power: Possible Panacea
Can you imagine a world without any physical disease or mental illness? Can there really be something to reduce the suffering that you gone through with colds and flu or any physical ailment you have to put up with? Or…
Humorously Speaking #2 (Leave Them with a Smile): Vary Your Food for Health
One afternoon, a wealthy businessman was riding in the back of his limousine when he saw two men, by the roadside, eating grass. He ordered his driver to stop and he got out to investigate. ”Why are you eating grass?”…
Speech #7 Apply Your Skills: Wild about Standard Process
I’m just wild about Standard Process. How many of you take some kind of vitamin, herbal, or nutritional supplement on a daily basis? This is remarkable, isn’t it? This is not surprising because in 1997 4 out of 10 Americans…