TED video

Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do Video on TED.com

a)I liked the content of the presentation. I agree with the opinion that you can do anything if you have the emotion (resourcefulness), not the resources. I have also experienced doing better than I thought when I really put my mind to it. I also agree that fulfillment is a very important gaol in life.

b)There are four things that I thought the speaker was good at. Firstly, he uses different speed during the speech effectively. He ususally speaks pretty fast but when he talks about important parts, he slows down and emphasizes his words using pauses. Secondly, he uses hand gestures to emphasize important words and make it easier to understand. Thirdly, he offers many opportunities for the audience to participate. For example, he has a system of asking the audience to say 'I' if they agree. I think this keeps the audience alert and makes the speech more interesting for them. Also, he uses power point for important parts that he wants the audience to remember. I liked how he used power point as a visual aid and not something that the audience watches all the time. Not all parts of his speech were on the power point, just the important ones.

c)There are two things that could be improved. His language is not very clean. He uses words like 'bullshit' without any hesitance and I did not feel very good hearing these words in a presentatoin. Other people may think the same way as well. Also, he made fun of an audience's remark during his speech. From the way he said it, he probably did not mean any harm and said it as a joke. However, not everyone in the audience was laughing, which implies that the audience did not think so well of it. Overall, some people might have been offended hearing his speech.