Spoken Gems

If I’d have to choose my favorite speaker to give a roast, it would be the "merchant of venom", Don Rickles. On the Dean Martin Roasts he had the honor to roast Ronald Reagan.

In this video, Alan Watts talks about his view of a happy life. The animation was done by the creators of South Park, Matt Stone and Trey Parker.

I think it’s time for a classic, the speech that is said to be the defining speech of World War II: "We shall fight on the beaches" by Winston Churchill. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a recording of the full speech. So I’ve included a YouTube video, an audio file and the full transcript.

The audio file can be found at The Guardian. You’ll find several speeches when you follow the link. Just scroll down to the first section, entitled "No. 1: Winston Churchill", and click on "Listen to the speech".

The video doesn’t include the last section of the speech, which is, in my opinion, the most important part.

The full transcript can be found at FiftiesWeb.

Jim Rohn brings success down to three topics on which you should focus to become rich and/or successful: philosophy, attitude and activity. And he has a weird way to present them on a whiteboard.

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This week you can find a category Hidden Gems at TED. One of the great talks there, was the one from Mena Trott about blogs.