@Tunji Adebayo today was a swimming day so it was 20 laps of 1 second in the mouth, 5 seconds out the nose….. a little different 😂 But I’ll try the 4-4 with my yoga instead of a 5-5 tonight.

@Tunji Adebayo I haven’t been using the video because I’m already watching a video for yoga and my workouts. I just count in my head “in, 2, 3, 4, out, 2, 3, 4…” It requires me to be in the moment the entire time. No mind wandering, hence the challenge. lol It’s much easier with yoga because those are night time yoga flow videos and I’m often in a single pose for 3-10 breaths. It was the same challenge to do a 4-4, as a 5-5. But the morning workouts …..😬. It is HARD! I am often wanting to breathe faster or resisting the urge to yawn because I’m still waking up in the morning. Lol

Can’t wait!

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 I would’ve loved to hear your speech! No offence to whoever did mine, but I didn’t know them and have zero memory of it soooo…. Apparently not that memorable. 😬 This would be extremely helpful for someone who needs to write an engaging speech! Not just for a graduate but for any of the staff that plan to talk as well. I’ve been to many graduations and some drag on and on with boring speaker after boring speaker. This also would’ve been helpful for me for wedding speeches too! I’ve been the emcee at a handful of weddings and it was always super fun, but having this would’ve been very helpful to have to go along with my jokes! 😂 *Also, how does this ‘seasoned’ man look the same as that guy in the still shot? (Asking for someone’s whose grad is pre-YouTube and probably on a VHS somewhere in somebody’s Grandma’s basement)

🙏 Thank you! This was a fun watch and informative for me! I have mad skills at creating connections with kids, it’s so easy to light them up! I haven’t put much thought into doing it with adults, so these questions are great! I think the unique questions, and uniquely phrased questions, are such a great tool because they catch the person slightly off guard and they have to think about how to answer, which creates a more authentic response. We can’t give a prepackaged answer to an outside the box question. When meeting with parents for intakes I used to ask them what their goals for their child are, but I think that is simultaneously too big and too generic. Now I like to ask “if I gave you a magic wand (and I hold out my pen to them) and you could say ‘by this time next year my child will….’ How would you answer that question? What would progress look like to you? Go ahead and make a wish!” They think about it and give really insightful responses. Not just ‘better communication, better social skills’ they say things like ‘he will have a friend that would want to come and play at our house. She will get invited to a birthday party. We can get through a whole day without a tantrum.’ These are meaningful responses. These also let me know what is missing in a real world context. A delay in language is obvious and has fairly similar treatment for most people, but how it is affecting their quality of life is as individual as the person. Thanks for these ideas! 🙏 Eșe

I echo everything you mentioned. I also like that his message is clear. Direct. Easy to follow. That is no easy feat when discussing complicated subject matter. But even in using clever metaphor and cadence, the content is still something almost anyone can follow. You don’t need a degree, or to know any special terminology. He spoke about something that affects everyone in a way that everyone can understand. That is also a measure of a great speaker. To speak wisely, without alienating others by sounding ‘too smart’.

@Tunji Adebayo oh interesting. I suppose I am only familiar with the famous ones.