Speech Project:: Smile
I am giving a motivational speech in a few weeks. I am going to focus on a positive attitidue and in particular the power of the smile.
The worth of an individual
What is the worth of a single human being? What are you worth, in American dollars? Take a moment and write down the answer.
The answer depends on how you look at it:
- $4.50 - Taking the body and extracting all the elements and selling them on the open market
- $1,500.00 - Current value of a slave
- $600,00.00 - Life Insurance
- $1,921,400 - Lifetime earnings: $739 per week X 52 Weeek per year X 50 years working (ages 20 - 70)
- $45,000,000-Selling all the bone marrow, skin, vital organs, etc. Illegal, immoral and impossible to realize, interesting none the less.
- $47,000,000,000 - Bill Gates
Additional ideas on proper attitude:
Proper attitude promotes success
We have all heard the saying that “attitude determines altitude”. I want to use that idea, but modified slighty, as part of my presentation.
The idea I want to present is that “proper attitude promotes success“.
The importance of support
When those you respect think you can, you think you canAddtional ideas on the power of smiling:
The importance of smiling
A true, sincere smile has a very powerful affect on others. It sends a message of acceptance and warmth, of love and gratitude.
Smily/Frowny poem and image
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posted by Matthew O. Smith @ 7:59 AM
5 Comments:
Look at $$ of products average american people consumes as to how it relates to ones value to GNP?
Here are some links I was sent on computing human worth. Thanks Traci
Some links:
http://www.humanforsale.com/
http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive=137&num=18343&printer=1
http://forums.philosophyforums.com/thread/7272/2
http://thesatirist.com/_thesatirist_1/
http://users.computerweekly.net/robmorton/tli/chap07/income.htm
http://humanworth.tripod.com/
http://hiphi.ubbcluj.ro/JSRI/html%20version/index/no_9/patrickloobuyck-articol.htm
http://www.ozsermonillustrations.com/illustrations/a_son_who_never_came_home.htm
Computing value/worth to GNP by looking at $$ average american consumes during their lifetime? Computing value/worth to the U.S. government by looking at $$ the average american pays in taxes x # of years working Computing value/worth in superbowl ad time ($$ paid for 30 second commercial during the superbowl divided by etimated number of people who watch the game, multiplied out to equal a lifetime) like
I would go along with most of your calculations, but I would also
include another $1,250,000.00 for the work I do in the home, that does
not include yardwork. I would also add in $287,500.00 for yardwork. If
you want to account for the value of volunteer work via monetary value,
then I would add at least another $287,500.00. So, including your
calculations, I am worth $48,363,000.00 if I can be defined in terms of
monetary value.
What I cannot capture, however, is my impact on other's monetary value.
It poses the question, "how many apples are in an apple seed?" Without
a doubt, I can cut open any apple and ascertain the exact number of
seeds it contains. I cannot ascertain, however, how many apples can be
produced by any single seed from the same apple.
I assert that as a parent, I am the most powerful and influential
person in the lives of my children. What I do and say may shape a
future President of the United States or even better, President of the
Church. I like to use this example. Using any current media icon (I'll
use Oprah Winfrey this time), I describe her influence int he world
today. She was born with nearly every disadavantage. She was poor,
black, and female. Yet through her own determination, work, education
and plain old good luck, she has risen to be one of the most influential
people in the world today. She has friends in Hollywood, Washington DC,
and throughout the world. She is one of (or perhaps the) richest women
in the world. Oprah tells us what to read, what our favorites things
should be, even whether or not we should eat hamburger. She has
contributed millions to charities and has aided entire countries. Yet,
with all of her power and influence, she will never have more power or
influence in the lives of my children than me.
And don't forget, even Bill Gates has parents. I hope this helps.
Leslie Corpening
From a psychological point of view:
The way that we view ourselves has a large impact on the way that we see others. People who have good self-esteem are generally more optimistic and have an easier time seeing the good in others. As human beings we are dependent on those surrounding us to give us clues about our worth. In some ways we are reflections of the treatment that we receive. This applies to small family groups or to the world as a whole. How much outside influences affect us is determined largely by how secure we feel within ourselves. People don't take the time or have the insight to pay attention to and build upon their successes and learn from their failures. These experiences help us to reach a higher level of self-realization. We are less concerned with the faults of others when we are focused on improving ourselves. Of course, situations such as mental illness and abusive experiences can greatly hinder our ability to reach our full potential. Because of their bad experiences or illness, the ability to gain self-esteem is all the more wondrous. For an illustration see theorist Victor Frankl's book "The meaning of happiness". He was a prisoner of war in a nazi concentration camp. His wife and parents were murdered in the camp. He was liberated eventually and wrote about the human ability to overcome even the most horrendous treatment imaginable and eventually become a better person despite the negative messages that he received about his worth and his inability to control his circumstances. We don't all start at the same point when it comes to life experiences. What matters is how hard we work at being a person of value, not where we wind up at the end.
"Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle."
Lewis Carroll, writer and mathematician
"Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves - so how can we know anyone else?"
Sidney J. Harris, Journalist
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