1. The document is a speech arguing that happiness is more important than success. It provides four key reasons for this: success won't provide happiness, happiness is the ultimate goal of human behavior, focusing on happiness can actually boost success, and having faith in yourself is important. 2. The speech defines success differently for different people but notes that true success provides fulfillment and achievement of goals. 3. While success requires hard work, constantly chasing it will not lead to happiness in life. Putting happiness first by finding ways to be happy in the present can improve health and motivation.

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ZAMFARA STATE UNIVERSITY
Talata Mafara Zamfara State
Bsc MASS COMMUNICATION
ASSIGNMENT
ON
COURSE: MCM 110
INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH COMMUNICATION
BULUS BRIDGET DAVOU
ADM NO:1810204018
QUESTION
INSPIRATIONAL SPEECH
ON
Success is more important than happiness
Submitted to Dr. Murtala Gummi

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Good morning to everyone present today. I feel so humbled that I was allowed
to give a speech on success. I hope everyone learns new things and your
definition of success changes.
So what is success? And why is everyone running after it? We live in a period
where everyone wants to be successful. They want to accomplish something in
their life. It could be to get the dream job or get good grades on the exams. The
point which I want to prove is that the definition of success changes from one
person to another. The person sitting next to you will have a completely
different view of success compared to you so there is no definite definition of
success for everyone around the world.
INTRODUCTION
Success is more important than happiness: Success is the first and foremost
goal of life and one should always be focused on achieving this goal even if it
means sacrificing all your hobbies, interests etc. Once you are successful you
can take up hobbies and your areas of interest as then you will be much ahead
in your career and with a strong social presence with name, fame, and money.
Right from the childhood parents should make sure that their child is always
concentrating on studies and studies alone, and not deviating to other
unimportant things like sports, television, hobbies, hanging out with friends
etc.

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Body
Today topic of my speech is “success is more important than happiness”. In
my view happiness is more important than success. It is because the purpose
of getting success is to make you happy. But in today's world, almost 85% of
the people are unhappy even after gaining success. It means success is not a
key to happiness but happiness is the key to success. I am not saying that
success is not needed but my point is that it is not better than success. To stress
my point, I am putting forth these reasons
Reason #1: Success Won’t Do You Any Good If You Are Not Happy
Quite often, super-success often deprives the successful people of their
happiness, joy and favour for life. Many glorified and successful celebrities of
the world feel gloomy even after making it to the top. They tend to drug
addiction to get rid of their sadness.
Reason #2: Happiness Is the End-Goal of All Human Behavior
Happiness Is More Important Than Success because happiness is the end-
goal of all human behavior. Happiness the highest goal It is the end toward
which all other ends lead Wealth, fame, admiration, and all other goals are
subordinate to happiness; whether our desires are material or social, they
move toward one end: that is happiness.
So whether you realize it or not, the desire to be happy is the basic goal that
motivates every other goal and ambition. Everything that you do is inspired by
the desire to be happy. So why not just put happiness first?

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REASON #3: FINDING HAPPINESS FIRST CAN BOOST YOUR SUCCESS
Success is a positive, powerful and important experience. We should all strive
for it. But it is not the most important achievement you can attain in life. You
should focus on “happiness first” in your life. It not only will improve your
health but can also boost your success.
The world often makes us think that true happiness takes place after we build
our success. But that approach is backward. A happy state of mind is not
essentially a reward of success is a gift from God for getting ahead. Genuine
happiness is your brain’s highest talent for motivation, performance and
achievement.
So the best way to be successful is to Put happiness first and find ways to be
as happy as possible in the present moment.
REASON #4 HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF
It’s easy to have FAITH everything is going to work out, when everything IS
working out.
It’s much harder to have faith when you are facing challenges in your life.
But that is exactly when you need to apply your faith.
Because faith is believing in the unseen. Faith is taking the first step. Faith
is jumping in the deep end and KNOWING everything will be OK.
It’s easy to be positive when everything is working out… It’s much harder,
much harder when nothing is working out…. But that’s when we need it the
most.

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10 LINES ABOUT THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH ON SUCCESS
1. Success could be defined as the measure of happiness or fulfillment one
person feels after achieving his or her goals.
2. Success does not have a definite formula or mantra which applies to
everyone around the world. The meaning of success changes from one
person to another.
3. Never chase success as it will only lead a person to be unhappy in life.
4. Success requires constant hard work and determination which many
people are not ready to put in.
5. To be successful in life one needs to set a goal and work towards it with
determination.
6. Successful people are very good at managing time so learn the skill of
time management if you want to be successful in life.
7. Always learn from your failures and past experiences. Never allow your
past to define you.
8. Make a definite blueprint for your life and note down the different goals
you want to achieve in a different part of your life.
9. Do not be demotivated when you fail as sometimes failure is the only
thing that will help you in determining your life.
10. Success is a direct product of the hard work you put into
accomplishing your goal.

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EVERYTHING WORTH THE PRIZE!
IS WORTH THE FIGHT!
Everything worth the prize will require a real fight to achieve that prize.
If you want the prize you can’t quit at half time. You can’t quit mid
season. You must play the whole game. Pre season, through the cold, through
darkness, through the challenges, the opponents.
You will be knocked down… but you MIST GET UP. KEEP
FIGHTING. DIG DEEP and discover your true STRENGTH.
Then you will win the real prize:
CHARACTER.
EXPANSION.
YOU rising to the next level
IF I SURVIVE THE STORM, I CAN OUTDO THE NORM.
TO BREAKTHROUGH THE NORM, I MUST FIRST SURIVE THE
STORMS.
TO HAVE MORE THAN MOST – I MUST DO MORE THAN
MOST. BELIEVE MORE THAN MOST. LEARN MORE THAN
MOST. SACRIFICE MORE THAN MOST. BELIEVE MORE THAN
MOST .
Now, say to yourself:
LONG TERM, I know what I need will come my way.
LONG TERM, I know if I keep at it I will be rewarded
LONG TERM, I know consistency pays off

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LONG TERM I know all my actions, all my discipline all my integrity will
pay off in a big way.
I HAVE FAITH everything will work out. IN THE END all will be fine… IF
I KEEP WORKING. IF I KEEP LEARNING. IF I CONTINUE TO
EVOLVE. IF I CONTINUE TO ADAPT. IF I LEARN NEW WAYS .
Set backs aren’t always negative. Sometimes they are sent to guide us in a
much bigger and better direction … But you can only see that if you show
character in those hard times. If you remain open minded in the hard times.
If you show strength through your struggles.
Don’t say “Why me”. Ask: “How can I come out of this stronger” …
“What can I learn”
In the hard times we see who really has the character. In the hard times we
see what people are really made of. What are you made of? Tell me,
What are you made of?
EVERYTHING WORTH THE PRIZE!
IS WORTH THE FIGHT!