Why doesn't TI buy into Easy Speak ? this is the method most of its clubs use to manage meetings - why reinvent this wonky wheel- better to integrate Easy Speak into TI . Surely Easy Speak has proved itself.
Regardless they placed first, second, or third, every speaker was eager to share their inspirational stories and personal experiences. It was a job well done! ❤️❤️🎉"
This is nuts - we want to educate our members so they can get value from pathways, through a video , but now I have to pay you tube premium. No wonder members are so disillusioned. What happened to the days we received a manual
00:00 Aaron Beverly an unbelievable story an 00:04 unbelievable story 00:05 Aaron Beverly 00.15 [applause] the contest chair was relieved my title is only 3 words 00:23 long but friends why is this story 00:28 unbelievable June 2018 I fly to India to 00:33 attend the wedding of my friend Brandon 00:34 and his fiancee Devicka Brandon and 00:38 family are white Devicka and family are 00:41 Indian and I am the only black man there 00:44 I can’t help but feel different but I 00:49 try my best to blend in I buy formal Indian 00:52 wedding attire what do you think 00:56 I even participate in a sacred Indian 01:00 wedding ritual protecting the groom’s 01:02 shoes during the car ride to the wedding 01:08 my friend 01:09 Sunit explains this ritual when 01:12 Brandon takes off his shoes during the 01:13 ceremony Devicka bridesmaids will 01:16 try to steal them the grooms men protect 01:18 the shoes from the bridesmaids if they 01:21 win they hold the shoes ransom forcing 01:25 Brandon to buy them back it’s a game 01:27 Sunit says I think it sounds like a 01:30 spy movie Sunit says Aaron the 01:34 bridesmaids will try sweet talk they 01:36 will try a deception but don’t give the 01:38 shoes to anybody will you accept this 01:41 mission quick fact about me when I am 01:45 given a mission I take it very seriously 01:48 I look at Sunit and I say I accept the 01:52 mission at the wedding ceremony Brandon 01:57 takes off his shoes I swoop in grab the 01:59 shoes sit down in the front row smooth 02:01 stealthy I feel like a black James Bond 02:06 the leader of the bridesmaids walks over 02:09 she smiles at me but gentlemen have you 02:13 ever seen a girlfriend or wife smile yet 02:15 at the same time you just felt scared 02:19 I call her the ominous smiler 02:26 she says Aaron you look very handsome 02:29 today I say thank you could you pass me 02:32 Brandon shoes no 02:36 sunit said the bridesmaids will 02:38 try to sweet talk don’t give the shoes to 02:40 anybody but Aaron she says that’s against 02:44 Indian tradition when I hear that the 02:48 global ambassador within me gets 02:50 nervous I don’t want to cause an 02:52 international incident over a pair of 02:54 shoes I can see the headlines idiot 02:57 ruins wedding and india-us relations I 03:03 almost hand over the shoes but remember 03:06 Sunit they will try deception don’t 03:08 give the shoes to anybody I say no again 03:11 then the ominous smiler 03:15 she moves closer she says and I quote we 03:20 can do this the easy way or we can do 03:23 this the hard way but you will give us 03:27 the shoes I am now scared for my life at 03:31 this wedding however I must protect the 03:35 shoes because when I have a mission I 03:37 take it very seriously so I curl over in 03:41 my seats I press the shoes against my 03:43 chest and this is how I watch the 03:45 wedding for the next 30 minutes the 03:50 ominous smiler tries to steal the shoes 03:52 but I hold firm then she disappears for 03:55 20 minutes before taking a seat to my 03:59 right 04:00 she says Aaron I don’t care about the 04:03 shoes anymore you win I say do I look 04:07 like a fool to you 04:11 but she doesn’t move 04:13 I think I won sunit runs over 04:16 he’s aesthetic he says Aaron I’m proud 04:18 of you I say thank you 04:19 you took this mission very seriously I 04:22 say that’s right now give the shoes to 04:25 me no Sunit says don’t give the 04:33 shoes to anybody the ominous smiler 04:37 disappeared to recruit backup and I 04:39 know a traitor when I see one 04:43 then the ominous smiler pounces she 04:46 starts pulling my arm sunit joins 04:48 her two versus one they pull I pull but 04:51 I hold firm the other bridesmaids run 04:54 over five versus one they pull I pull 04:57 but I hold firm the other groomsmen run 05:01 over I think yes the cavalry has arrived 05:03 but they joined the bridesmaids eight 05:08 versus one they pull I pull but I hold 05:11 firm because when I have a mission I 05:13 take it very seriously they said Aaron 05:16 just give us the shoes I said never keep in mind the 05:27 wedding is still going on 05:32 Devicka family is watching the 05:34 ceremony as if nothing else is happening 05:36 I start wondering is this normal 05:42 then the ominous smiler signals the 05:45 wedding photographer and this dude is 05:48 huge he puts down his camera then he 05:51 starts charging he jumps on top of me 05:54 nine versus one they pull I pull but I 05:58 lost the shoes 06:03 Brandon paid 10 times what those shoes 06:06 were worth but what makes this story 06:10 unbelievable is not the shoes nor the 06:14 events it is the context behind that 06:17 game that game is designed for the 06:21 families of the bride and groom to get 06:23 to know each other which means that 06:27 among white and Indian families a 06:30 different lonely black man was accepted 06:34 like family - we experienced so much 06:40 divisive ‘nowadays that acceptance 06:43 despite difference seems unbelievable 06:47 but there are people who still believe 06:50 in it do you 06:58 open your culture your mind your heart to 07:01 people who are different from you show 07:04 the world that acceptance 07:05 despite difference is not an 07:07 unbelievable story this is your mission 07:12 take it very seriously 07:18 contest chair
A fascinating collection showing how things can change whilst generally staying the same! Funny to watch as some meetings seemed to take place amongst a fire as smoke billowed around the speakers. Please let us see ALL the archive as a series of episodes.
