First of all, I want to commend you for taking the whole concept of ceremonial speeches as important to many people say, Well, you know, it's just uttering a few words. It's just the procedure is just reading, no big deal. And then they get up. They're nervous, they're uncomfortable. Maybe there's tears in their eyes, maybe they forgot their glasses. They didn't make the font large enough.

They're listening to someone, they're supposed to repeat it, but they don't quite hear it the right way. There's all sorts of things that can go wrong when you're giving a short ceremonial speech. Here's the thing, though, for many people in the audience, and these days watching on YouTube on the internet, if you get it wrong, that could be your legacy. Could be what people talk about, is the mistake. So you don't want to get it wrong. You want to prepare.

It's a different sort of preparation. It's not like preparing a 60 minute keynote speech. It doesn't involve PowerPoint so it is deceptively simple. But it can still be easy to screw up if you trip over words. Look no further than Barack Obama's inaugural address in 2012. The Chief Justice Roberts kind of messed it up.

And believe it or not, there were even some frivolous lawsuits saying the Barack Obama wasn't legally entitled to hold the office because he got one of the words wrong, his oath of office, the Constitution does mandate the President's take a particular oath. Now, people are picking on presidents of either party all the time, that might not happen to you, but the point is, you got to take it seriously. If you don't get it just right. It can cause all sorts of headaches. And that's why it does take some preparation, some thought and some planning. We're gonna hop in right now.