Do you want to know where you’ll find some of the best, most inspiring stories? Think commencement speeches. Presidents, business moguls, actors, authors… influential celebrities often stress out for weeks and weeks trying to come up with the best advice that they can give to young adults venturing out into the real world.
Do you want to know what they usually come up with for one of the most important speeches of their lives? Stories!
Here’s one that recently made a TED talk by Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com fame. Take a listen and see how he weaves a long story into a simple message. Think about how the build up and background strengthen the message rather than just coming out and saying, “It’s harder to be kind than it is to be clever.”
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