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</li><li>My car, my petrol</li><li>When the going gets tough, the tough gets going</li><li>What if…</li><li>Beauty is in the eye of the beholder</li><li>A moment of silence</li><li>True wisdom comes from experience</li><li>My biggest concern for the future</li><li>The early bird catches the worm</li><li>Better late than never</li><li>Don’t mend what is not broken</li><li>You are the people you surround yourself with</li><li>It was the night before this one</li><li>Focus on the hinges and the doors will open wide</li><li>Moon light is not moon’s light</li><li>All you need is all you got</li><li>If you want something done right, do it yourself</li><li>Real versus fake</li><li>Easy come, easy go</li><li>Good things come to those who wait</li><li>When in Rome, do as the Romans do</li><li>When I go to bed…</li><li>Two wrongs don’t make a right</li><li>The squeaky wheel gets the grease</li><li>At first sight…</li><li>A picture speaks a thousand words</li><li>Rolling stones</li><li>Hope for the best, prepare for the worst</li><li>When the clock ticks</li><li>It’s just a matter of time</li><li>Well begun is half done</li><li>Nothing is permanent</li><li>A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush</li><li>Your attitude determines your altitude</li><li>The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill</li><li>Dance like nobody’s watching</li><li>Fortune favours the brave</li><li>Some people are so poor that all they have is money</li><li>No man is an island</li><li>A chain is only as strong as its weakest link</li><li>Half full or half empty?</li><li>When our eyes met for the first time…</li><li>Bad decisions make the best stories</li><li>Success occurs in places where you least expect it</li><li>Pain is certain, suffering is optional</li><li>You’re going to mess up sometimes</li><li>Life is what you focus about</li><li>Take the road less travelled</li><li>There is always a light at the end of the tunnel</li><li>Ignorance is bliss</li><li>All the world’s a stage</li><li>The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph’.</li><li>The start is what stops most people</li><li>Seize the day</li><li>Faster, Higher, Further</li><li>Effort is its own reward</li><li>Times are bad</li><li>More technology, less communication</li><li>Did I really say that?</li><li>All is fair in love and war?</li><li>Be sincere; be brief; be seated</li><li>Healthy, Wealthy and Wise</li><li>The more you give, the more you get</li><li>Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do</li><li>An apple a day keeps the Doctor away</li><li>Your time is now</li><li>I often wonder…</ # Options li><li>If not today…</li><li>The proof of the pudding is in the eating</li><li>Poverty is a state of mind</li><li>It’s not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog that matters</li><li>Broken hearts and empty pockets teach you the best lessons</li><li>A crown is of no help for a headache</li><li>Action speaks louder than words</li><li>The best things in life are free</li><li>If not now, then when?</li><li>If you want your eggs to hatch, sit on them yourself.</li><li>Manners matter</li><li>One man’s trash is another man’s treasure</li><li>The only easy day was yesterday</li><li>It’s all Greek to me</li><li>It’s a small world after all</li><li>To err is human</li><li>When it happened…</li><li>What is normal?</li><li>A world without internet</li><li>Rome was not built in a day</li><li>How you look is unimportant</li><li>Happiness is an inside job</li><li>It’s never too late</li><li>When the last hope is gone</li><li>Honesty is the best policy, or is it?</li><li>Don’t cry over spilt milk</li><li>A friend in need is a friend indeed</li><li>To be a friend, be one</li><li>If I could go back in time…</li><li>Stay hungry, stay foolish</li><li>The fool didn’t know it was impossible; so he did it</li><li>Comfort is the enemy of achievement</li><li>Imagination is more important than knowledge</li><li>Love never fails</li><li>Goals are dreams with deadlines</li><li>I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul</li><li>Life is what happens to you when you’re busy planning other things</li><li>You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great</li><li>Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be</li><li>No backstage, no show</li><li>Some things are better left unsaid</li><li>If at first you don’t succeed</li><li>Don’t grow up, it’s a trap</li><li>David and Goliath</li><li>You reap what you sow</li><li>Curiosity killed the cat</li><li>Don’t count your chickens before they hatch</li><li>Haste makes waste</li><li>Idle hands are devil’s tools</li><li>Bigger the ego, harder the fall</li><li>Then they came for me</li><li>You can’t judge a book by it’s cover</li><li>I wish someone would…</li><li>It’s gotta come from the heart if you want it to work</li></ol><p id="c49d">(Last edited on 13th October 2017)</p><p id="73e1"><i>Originally published at <a href="http://fomow.blogspot.com/2016/06/think-on-your-feet-topics-to-improve.html"></a></i><a href="http://fomow.blogspot.com/2016/06/think-on-your-feet-topics-to-improve.html">http://fomow.blogspot.com/2016/06/think-on-your-feet-topics-to-improve.html</a> <i>on 04th June 2016</i></p></article></body>

Think on your feet: topics to improve your impromptu speaking skills

Photo credits: Hashan Rahubaddha

Public speaking is terrifying enough. When you are asked to deliver a speech with less than 30 seconds to prepare, terror acquires a new definition.

At least that’s how I thought sometime back. Thanks to the amazing people at Gavel Club of University of Moratuwa, that notion is no longer the same…

Drawing inspiration from mentors, speech contests, Gavel meetings, websites and books, Here are few topics to get YOU started on your way to ace the game of impromptu speaking… Cheers!

  1. Knowledge is power, or is it?- AIIUBS finals 2015
  2. An obstacle is a challenge- AIIUBS finals 2013
  3. In the nick of time- AIBS 2011
  4. When I step into the next generation- AIBS 2013
  5. Time is the greatest gift- AIBS 2015
  6. Stolen fruit is the sweetest- SO IX semis
  7. When I woke up this morning- SO finals
  8. Only dead fish go with the tide- SO VIII finals
  9. Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are meant for- SO finals
  10. A world without mobile phones- SO semis
  11. A thousand-mile journey begins with one step- SO VII finals
  12. Little drops of water make the mighty ocean- SO IX finals
  13. Be the change that you want to see in the world- SO VIII semis
  14. There’s no time like the present- AIBGS prelis 2016
  15. Failing to plan is planning to fail- AIBGS semis 2016
  16. Don’t find a fault, find a remedy- AIBGS finals 2016
  17. I was not made for this- TM
  18. Drop by drop breaks the rock- AIUUBS prelis 2016
  19. Strike the iron when it is hot- AIUUBS semis 2016
  20. After a storm comes a calm- AIUUBS finals 2016
  21. A person is what he thinks- SO X semi-finals
  22. What is important is not always important- SO X finals
  23. What brought you here won’t take you there- SO XI semis
  24. Darkest nights produce the brightest stars- SO XI finals
  25. If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right
  26. It’s not about you
  27. My car, my petrol
  28. When the going gets tough, the tough gets going
  29. What if…
  30. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder
  31. A moment of silence
  32. True wisdom comes from experience
  33. My biggest concern for the future
  34. The early bird catches the worm
  35. Better late than never
  36. Don’t mend what is not broken
  37. You are the people you surround yourself with
  38. It was the night before this one
  39. Focus on the hinges and the doors will open wide
  40. Moon light is not moon’s light
  41. All you need is all you got
  42. If you want something done right, do it yourself
  43. Real versus fake
  44. Easy come, easy go
  45. Good things come to those who wait
  46. When in Rome, do as the Romans do
  47. When I go to bed…
  48. Two wrongs don’t make a right
  49. The squeaky wheel gets the grease
  50. At first sight…
  51. A picture speaks a thousand words
  52. Rolling stones
  53. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst
  54. When the clock ticks
  55. It’s just a matter of time
  56. Well begun is half done
  57. Nothing is permanent
  58. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
  59. Your attitude determines your altitude
  60. The grass is always greener on the other side of the hill
  61. Dance like nobody’s watching
  62. Fortune favours the brave
  63. Some people are so poor that all they have is money
  64. No man is an island
  65. A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
  66. Half full or half empty?
  67. When our eyes met for the first time…
  68. Bad decisions make the best stories
  69. Success occurs in places where you least expect it
  70. Pain is certain, suffering is optional
  71. You’re going to mess up sometimes
  72. Life is what you focus about
  73. Take the road less travelled
  74. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel
  75. Ignorance is bliss
  76. All the world’s a stage
  77. The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph’.
  78. The start is what stops most people
  79. Seize the day
  80. Faster, Higher, Further
  81. Effort is its own reward
  82. Times are bad
  83. More technology, less communication
  84. Did I really say that?
  85. All is fair in love and war?
  86. Be sincere; be brief; be seated
  87. Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
  88. The more you give, the more you get
  89. Work is the refuge of people who have nothing better to do
  90. An apple a day keeps the Doctor away
  91. Your time is now
  92. I often wonder…
  93. If not today…
  94. The proof of the pudding is in the eating
  95. Poverty is a state of mind
  96. It’s not the dog in the fight but the fight in the dog that matters
  97. Broken hearts and empty pockets teach you the best lessons
  98. A crown is of no help for a headache
  99. Action speaks louder than words
  100. The best things in life are free
  101. If not now, then when?
  102. If you want your eggs to hatch, sit on them yourself.
  103. Manners matter
  104. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure
  105. The only easy day was yesterday
  106. It’s all Greek to me
  107. It’s a small world after all
  108. To err is human
  109. When it happened…
  110. What is normal?
  111. A world without internet
  112. Rome was not built in a day
  113. How you look is unimportant
  114. Happiness is an inside job
  115. It’s never too late
  116. When the last hope is gone
  117. Honesty is the best policy, or is it?
  118. Don’t cry over spilt milk
  119. A friend in need is a friend indeed
  120. To be a friend, be one
  121. If I could go back in time…
  122. Stay hungry, stay foolish
  123. The fool didn’t know it was impossible; so he did it
  124. Comfort is the enemy of achievement
  125. Imagination is more important than knowledge
  126. Love never fails
  127. Goals are dreams with deadlines
  128. I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul
  129. Life is what happens to you when you’re busy planning other things
  130. You don’t have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great
  131. Take the world as it is, not as it ought to be
  132. No backstage, no show
  133. Some things are better left unsaid
  134. If at first you don’t succeed
  135. Don’t grow up, it’s a trap
  136. David and Goliath
  137. You reap what you sow
  138. Curiosity killed the cat
  139. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch
  140. Haste makes waste
  141. Idle hands are devil’s tools
  142. Bigger the ego, harder the fall
  143. Then they came for me
  144. You can’t judge a book by it’s cover
  145. I wish someone would…
  146. It’s gotta come from the heart if you want it to work

(Last edited on 13th October 2017)

Originally published at http://fomow.blogspot.com/2016/06/think-on-your-feet-topics-to-improve.html on 04th June 2016

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