Have you ever began a speech with a question?
Some examples are:
"What is the one lie you tell yourself most often?”
"If your life were a book, what would you name the chapter you are living right now?”
"How different would your life look if you decided that failure was simply a data point, rather than a destination?”
"Is there anyone in your life you need to forgive—including yourself—to finally release the weight of the past?”
These type of Questions are thought provoking and will get your audiences attention….
Open with the question and give a pause for it to be absorbed. Don’t walk on the question…
You can develop your speech from the question.
You can make the question not only relatable to your life but to you audiences life. Personalize this with a story orf your own. Chances are the members of the audience are probably, at one level or another, going to relate. What is the lesson in this story you have to share?
Tell how you dealt with the circumstances in the story! What happened? How did it affect you or your life? How did it affect you emotionally? ETC.
How do you now view the story and the question? Has your view changed changed?
Come back to the question in your conclusion.
Perhaps in light of the lesson you learned you might ask the question again. Maybe as a gentle call to action.
IE: "So, I’ll ask you again: Who do you need to forgive? Because your future is waiting for you to let go of the past."
