Repeat after me, I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. 35 words simple it. As I've mentioned, that has been bungled by Supreme Court justices, and therefore, the problems repeated by the president elect. It's a simple simple phrase, people know it's coming. Now just then I didn't screw it up. Is it because I'm smarter than the supreme court justice?

No. It's because it's because I have perfect vision. Now. I actually need glasses to read almost anything but I got that. Right, because I was reading a big, big big cheat sheet. I made the font so large, I mean look at it's huge that I could simply glance down and get it right.

So that's far and away. My largest tip for you is when you have some sort of a swearing in ceremony, some official wording, type it up, blow it up and make it huge have it completely filled the sheet if it's a really long, and by long I mean more than 35 words. If you even need two sheets of paper, you can although ideally it fits on a single sheet of paper. That way you're not fumbling with glasses, you're not having to do all this. You can simply glance down, scoop up a few words and keep going. This keeps you on track if someone has to repeat Your words, it's going to be a lot easier for them to.

And it just takes all the pressure off things because here's the thing about ceremonies is there's lots of emotion, you may be incredibly happy, it may be the crowning achievement of your life to be sworn in as president of the American Bar Association, for example. But when you're feeling all these emotions, that's the worst possible time to put extra pressure on your brain, to recall information. And to really use that memory, so don't put that extra pressure on yourself. Don't force your brain to work. It's a lot easier to just be there, be happy, have good energy, relax. And if you need to just glance down at the words and even read there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever for a ceremonial speech because people understand these aren't your words.

You're supposed to follow someone else's. Words, word for word. These are the words that the organization whether it's the United States government, your local civic group, your local after school, special club, whatever it is, these are words that your organization has decided, should be uttered for ceremonial purposes, often for symbolic purposes. And that's why many people like to use very specific traditional wedding vows. It's because someone didn't just create, you know, that minister or whoever is the officiant didn't just come up with the stuff that day. You want to come up with your own vows, that's fine.

That's a separate issue. That's why I recommend, be lazy, cheat, have a cheat sheet, but the cheat sheet needs to be usable and the problem most people have is if they type out in normal thought size. You're used to holding a script like this. So when you have it on a table Have it further away. You're simply not used to reading normal thought. And you don't really want to be doing all that.

So what happens is people are kind of squint. And that's when you get a word wrong or phrase wrong or you start the wrong sentence. And then you have to go back and then you have to repeat or current. Don't set yourself up for failure. Nice, big, gigantic text of billboard, just for you. So you don't have to memorize anything and the pressures off so that's my first bit of homework for you find some ceremonial speech you have to give.

Whether it is the acceptance speech for the little league Coach of the Year, wherever it is, and type it up, print it out in very large font. do that now please