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How to Make Stress your Best Friend - An Informative Speech

INFORMATIVE SPEECH  Topic: Stress Management through mindset intervention General Purpose:   To Inform Specific Purpose:  To inform my audience about stress and mindset intervention Central Idea:   Accepting stress-related beliefs and positively transforming them through mindset intervention Title: Stress can be your Best Friend How many of you think college is stressful? Sounds like most of you agree with the idea that college entails a lot of stress.  If you have experienced stress, then I am sure that you have also come up with a solution that works for you all the time? Oh.. so most of you actually haven’t .. And for those of you who do, you probably thought about meditation, yoga, art, and the like… but let’s get real… are these magic tricks that work all the time? I don’t think so.  That’s why I want to tell you about a technique that will work 100% of the time! And I will let you in on a little secret -this skill has been hiding inside you this whole time! Hmm… so how can the

The Ethics of Cosmetic Surgery - A Persuasive Speech

Topic:   Ethics of Cosmetic Surgery General Purpose:   To persuade Specific Purpose:  To persuade my audience that cosmetic surgery is an ethical practice and not just a business  Central Idea:   Cosmetic surgery is ethical. It is a medical need and not just a business. Title: Cosmetic Surgery: NEED VS. GREED Shhhh…. Let me tell you a secret...my roommate just HAD a nose job! And did you read the news? Another celebrity denied HAVING a facelift! Such a lie!  Sound familiar? I bet it does. We hear so much gossip and news about cosmetic surgery and that makes me think. Is this just another field growing into a money-making business… or is it still an ethical medical practice for meeting patients’ needs?   There’s the stigma and there’s the dilemma!  And… that’s why I want to talk to you about the ethics of cosmetic surgery.  And just to clarify, I’m talking about ‘elective plastic surgery’ not surgery that’s done as a result of trauma, burns, accidents and other serious medical reasons.