486 Words in 6 Minutes 12 secondsPresiyan Vasilev, an immigrant from Bulgaria, rises above 30,000 participants to win world's largest speech contest.「This is a dream come true,」 said Vasilev, a native of Bulgaria. His speech resonated with a capacity crowd of nearly 1,600 from around the world, who attended the contest held in the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. His winning speech was about the personal experience of reaching out and asking for help. 「I stopped to change a tire; instead the tire changed me,」 he said. 「I believed reaching out was a weakness, but I discovered my weakness was in refusing to reach out.」Presiyan Vasilev,「Changed by a Tire」. 「Changed by a Tire」, Presiyan Vasilev.The steering wheel jerked
I tried to keep the car in control
That night in Chicago a flat tire changed me
I pulled in the nearby gas-station and in the bright lights, parked on a slope, leading to a busy street
Mr. Contest Chair, Toastmasters and Guests
Have you ever done something stupid?
I broke the 1st rule of changing a tire – choose a level spot
Friends in Chicago, there aren’t that many slopes. But that night, I found one
Why do flat tires always happen when you are dressed up?
Opened the trunk, excavated the jack – unused for centuries. rusty piece of metal
I thought, I can handle it.
Half Hour to remove the tire
The only support in the front – the rusty jack
Back in the Trunk I pulled out the spare tire, Shook the entire car
I saw the car going downhill.
The jack collapsed.The car collapsed. My lungs collapsed.
An Inner Voice Said. 「You are an Idiot」.
Then Another Voice, 「Reach Out.」
Reach Out? I can handle it
Lifted the car almost enough
If at first you don’t succeed
The car had moved to a steeper slope
I grasped the gravity of the situation
The people at the bus stop across the street were looking at me. I was giving a demonstration, How not to change a tire. Then that voice again, 「Reach Out」.
In the gas station behind the counter stood a big man with a big smile.
Badge Read – Jesse. He said, 「My friend, was your car doing pushups?」
I told him I did something stupid, I asked him for help
We got out, Jesse looked at the car and said, 「You are Right. That’s stupid. Let me show you.」
Creeeeak, Creeeeak, Creeeeak, Creeeeak,Creeeeak, Creeeeak, Creeeeak, Creeeeak
You never know who you going to find when you reach out
I found DJM – Distinguished Jack Master
Jesse helped me lift the car up.
Rusty foolish hand shook rusty helping hand
That night I stopped to change a tire. Instead the tire changed me.
I used to believe that to reach out was weakness. I discovered my weakness was refusing to reach out
When you reach out you attract ideas that Lift You Up. When you reach out, you attract Solutions, that Lift You Up. When you reach out to you attract friendships that Lift You Up.
May be you want a better voice, reach out to a singer. May be you want better writing, reach out to a writer. May be you want better, tire Changing Skills?
Reach out – to me. I will give you Jesse’s number.
Is there something….collapsed in your life?
Your knowledge may be limited, Your skills may be rusty, but no doubt you will be changed, when you reach out.
• Number of Split-Second-Pauses: 33
• Total Time Spent in Pause: 2 Minutes 27 Seconds.
• Total Number of Laughters – 15 Times
• Total Time spent in Laughters: 53 Seconds
• Biggest Laughter – 7 Seconds
• 「Was Your Car (Pause) Doing Pushups?」
• 「I will give you Jesse’s Number」
Hands – The Number of Times The Speaker Used His Hands for Gestures:
• Number of Times he bent down -11
Eye Contact – The Number of Times The Speaker Looked
• To (his) Left Side of the Audience – 33
• To (his) Right Side of the Audience – 39
• At his Prop or Hand – 13
• Number of Steps he took on Stage – 89 Steps
3. People from the Bus station
2. Formal Shirt Folded at the Sleeves
3. Rusty Jack – Invisible
4. Broken Down Car – Invisible
Memorable Anchors Presented by the Speaker through Vocal Variety & Gesture
1.The 「Creeak」 Sound
Mistakes and errors during his speech:
At 04:50, the Speaker Stated:
I used to believe that to reach out was weakness.
I used to believe that to reach out was a weakness.
The 05:21, the Speaker Stated:
May be you want better writing,
May be you want to be a better writer OR May be you want better writing skills
At 06:33, the Speaker Stated:
Is there something….collapsed in your life?Is there anything….collapsed in your life?he dramatised the entire speech to drive home his story. Great speech
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REACH OUT Get Helps... Wt a brilliant words, concept...perfect inspirationso you want to tell me that there were no better public speakers in the 2013 contest? this guy was as good as the camera...
I can't understand what he's saying lol.
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Presiyan Vasilev did an absolute outstanding performance on his "Changed By A Tire" Speech. I was laughing my butt off so hard my sides starts to split. Outstanding performance Mr. P. VASILEV
Superb delivery of an important message. Winning combo. Thanks for posting.
This is more like stand up comedy Apparently in order to be a good public speaker you need to be a comedian as well -.-
This is very uplifting, and funny!
11. The Public Speaking Academy
This is original content - and excellent style especially within the framework of the toastmasters - uses story/ self deprecation and the quotes within the speech added to interaction and humor - i think making the final point might have been stronger and standing still and nodding to advise it has finished is also an option
Was this speech intentionally delivered as a humours speech? It was very enjoyable but hard to distinguish between that humours speech contest that comes later in the year.
A world class champion ... in every way. I had the honor of seeing Pres speak at the Toastmaster's Fall Conference sharing his story about the Journey to the Championship. Not only did I get plenty of tips on public speaking, I also learnt what it means to have humility despite being a world champion. Congratulations, Pres. You inspire us in ways even you cannot imagine.
Best World Championship speech I've seen in the past decade. Well crafted and delivered. I hope your speaking career takes off. There was nothing rusty about your skills and sincere interest for the audience.what an extraordinary and detailed analysis of Pres’s speech. I』ve been working with Pres for over a year now on a joint production and I have never seen anything to equal the level of detail to which you have subjected his speech. Excellent work and very valuable. I know how much he appreciated it as he often comments on it.