Richard St. John uses a lot of body language and speaks directly to the audience. He keeps it short and simple so his speech is focosed on the main questions. After 3 minutes of listening to his presentation, you have a lotof new information and phrases you keep thinkingabout.

 

I really liked his talk and enjoyed watching it. There is a lot of information I have not heard before and so I couldlearn some new voc. too.

 

 

 

You have one life. Live it!

Sherry McConkey 

 

I chose this TED Talk topic because I believe in the power of life. I believe in our inside strength. I am a positive human. I try to look at the world with positive things. I put the negatives things away. I believe in the positive energy. I think we shouldn’t see the world negative. We should see the positive things in the world and we have one life and we should live it! 

 

The summary

One day Sherry’s phone rung and someone told her that Shane was dead. She was shocked. Sherry left South Africa when she was 21 to go travel the world. She met her love of her life and her soul mate Shane. He was one of the most influential skiers in the world. He was ski movie stat and he did insane skiing tricks like combining skiing with base jumping in wing suiting. Sherry and Shane married in 2004. They had a daughter Ella. On March 26. 2009 Shane and his best friends JT Holmes were filming a wingsuit ski base jump in Italy. He made a backflip. Suddenly he pulled down of his skis. Shane had fallen. Sherry’s life changed forever. All she wanted to do was run. She wanted to leave Tahoe. She wanted to go find a normal life. She wanted to escape the trauma and the pain. Sherry was angry but one day she thought that she had no right being angry. She got to live on this beautiful world. she had beautiful people who she loved, and she had a great daughter who gave her energy. She reminded herself that she chose this lifestyle. Sherry learned from Shane because he was full of positive energy. One day Shane told Sherry if she had the courage herself into things that she loved. Now Sherry thought that anything is possible. After Shane’s death Sherry created a group of wonderful friends and they started the Shane McConkey foundation. They donated $250,000. They also started the Shane McConkey eco-challenge a competition for kids for schools nationwide to learn about an implement environmental change. Sherry made a documentary about her husband. Sherry said that after his death she learned how to endure heartache overcome and she became a bigger version of her. Her last sentence was “Being happy is not dependent on my circumstance pursuing passion and living life really living life is a courageous choice I can make every day. 

 

The speaker was very convincing. She spoke about herself and about her lifestyle. She didn’t use props. Her voice was silent because her story was real, and she spoke carefully about her story. She often looked on the floor and she didn’t make eye contact with the audience. Sometimes she made a joke, but she told her story very seriously. It was hard to speak about her story.  

 

 In my opinion Sherry is a very strong person because she tells about her private story to a lot of people. I loved to watch this video because she has a settle voice. After this video she gives motivation to the audience that they should live their life and that they should do what they want. I have respect for her that she looks in her future without her husband. I enjoyed this video. I learned from the video that I should be positive and I should have the courage to live my life like I want. 

My motto is 

live it,

love it

or change it.