Impromptu speech topics
Topics sorted by theme and difficulty, for class, work and speaking practice. Pick one and talk for up to two minutes.
Describe a moment when you surprised yourself.
Practise thisDescribe the best team you’ve ever been part of and what made it work.
Practise thisDescribe the most unexpected friendship you’ve ever formed and why it worked.
Practise thisDescribe your experience learning to drive or cycle.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable encounter with an animal.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable experience as a customer.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable meal.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable weather experience.
Practise thisTell us about a time you got lost.
Practise thisWhat habit have you picked up recently that you wish you hadn’t?
Practise thisWhat’s the earliest memory you can recall clearly?
Practise thisWhat’s the most impulsive purchase you’ve ever made?
Practise thisWhat’s the most spontaneous thing you’ve ever done?
Practise thisWhat’s the most valuable skill you’ve learned that wasn’t taught in school?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest coincidence you’ve experienced?
Practise thisWhich household chore would you be most embarrassed to admit you have never done?
Practise thisDescribe a moment when everything went wrong but turned out right.
Practise thisDescribe a moment when your assumptions about someone turned out to be completely wrong.
Practise thisDescribe a teacher who had a significant impact on your life.
Practise thisDescribe your first day at a new job or school.
Practise thisDescribe your most memorable interaction with an elderly person.
Practise thisTell us about a mistake you made that actually led to something better than your original plan.
Practise thisTell us about a risk you took that paid off.
Practise thisTell us about a skill you learned from someone unexpected.
Practise thisTell us about a time you broke or lost something valuable.
Practise thisTell us about a time you got exactly what you wished for.
Practise thisTell us about a time you had to admit you didn’t know something.
Practise thisTell us about a time you had to break a rule.
Practise thisTell us about a time you had to fake confidence.
Practise thisTell us about a time you had to improvise.
Practise thisTell us about a time you made someone’s day better.
Practise thisTell us about a time you were completely unprepared.
Practise thisWhat single habit would most improve your quality of life?
Practise thisWhat story from your life do you most enjoy telling others?
Practise thisWhat was your favourite hiding place as a child?
Practise thisWhat’s one skill you wish you’d learned earlier in life, and how would it have changed your path?
Practise thisWhat’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s the kindest thing a stranger has ever done for you?
Practise thisWhat’s the luckiest thing that’s ever happened to you?
Practise thisWhat’s the most creative solution you’ve come up with?
Practise thisWhat’s the most interesting place you’ve ever lived or stayed?
Practise thisWhat’s the most trouble you got into as a child?
Practise thisWhat’s the most unusual job or task you’ve ever done?
Practise thisWhat’s the most valuable lesson you learned the hard way?
Practise thisWhat’s the most valuable thing you’ve learned from a child?
Practise thisWhat’s the worst advice you’ve ever received and how did you realise it was wrong?
Practise thisWhat’s something you used to believe that you no longer do, and what changed your mind?
Practise thisDescribe a memorable wedding you’ve attended.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal New Year’s Eve celebration.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal birthday celebration.
Practise thisDescribe your ideal family gathering.
Practise thisDescribe your perfect summer day.
Practise thisHow do you approach milestone anniversaries?
Practise thisHow do you approach milestone birthdays?
Practise thisHow do you celebrate learning something new?
Practise thisHow do you celebrate new beginnings?
Practise thisHow do you make Sunday special?
Practise thisHow do you make rainy days special?
Practise thisHow do you make winter nights cosy?
Practise thisHow do you mark the end of summer?
Practise thisWhat autumn tradition or activity brings you the most joy?
Practise thisWhat makes a house party memorable?
Practise thisWhat makes a perfect autumn walk?
Practise thisWhat makes a perfect spring morning?
Practise thisWhat makes a reunion special?
Practise thisWhat seasonal change affects you most?
Practise thisWhat tradition from your childhood would you most like to share with others?
Practise thisWhat traditions do you hope will become popular again?
Practise thisWhat’s one thing about winter (or summer if you prefer) that people often overlook?
Practise thisWhat’s the most meaningful toast you’ve heard?
Practise thisWhat’s the most underrated holiday?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to New Year’s resolutions?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to costume parties?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to housewarming parties?
Practise thisWhat’s your ideal retirement party?
Practise thisWhat’s your most memorable Christmas or winter celebration?
Practise thisHow do you make holidays meaningful without spending money?
Practise thisHow has your celebration of holidays changed over the years?
Practise thisIf winter could teach you one lesson, what would it be?
Practise thisWhat’s the best fireworks display you’ve seen?
Practise thisWhat’s the best gift you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s the best graduation advice you can give?
Practise thisWhat’s the best picnic you’ve had?
Practise thisWhat’s the best surprise party you’ve experienced?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite autumn tradition?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite festival or fair?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite holiday film and why?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite seasonal food?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite spring flower and why?
Practise thisWhat’s your favourite thing about spring cleaning?
Practise thisDescribe your most awkward wave to someone who wasn’t waving at you.
Practise thisDescribe your most dramatic reaction to a minor inconvenience.
Practise thisDescribe your most epic cooking fail.
Practise thisDescribe your relationship with fitted sheets.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest family tradition that you thought was normal.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest hotel experience.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest method of decision-making.
Practise thisDescribe your strangest money-saving technique.
Practise thisIf everyday objects had customer reviews, what one-star review would a pillow deserve?
Practise thisIf you could add a 13th month to the year, what would happen during it?
Practise thisIf you could add a sound effect to any action, what would be funniest?
Practise thisIf you could make any activity require a licence, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could make any rule that everyone had to follow for a day, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could rename yourself, what would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to choose between having a rewind button or a pause button for life, which would you pick?
Practise thisIf you had to live in a world made of one material, what would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to wear a warning label, what would it say?
Practise thisIf you had to wear one outfit for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Practise thisIf your brain had a GPS voice, what would it sound like?
Practise thisIf your life had a blooper reel, what would be on it?
Practise thisTell us about a time you completely misunderstood what someone said with hilarious consequences.
Practise thisWhat would be the worst superpower to accidentally gain?
Practise thisWhat’s something you’re genuinely bad at, and how do you make peace with it?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous rule you’ve encountered and would you ever break it?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’d attempt if you knew you couldn’t fail?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve convinced someone was true?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done because you were too polite to say no?
Practise thisWhat’s the most ridiculous thing you’ve done to impress someone?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest compliment you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest thing you believed as a child?
Practise thisWhat’s the strangest thing you’ve used as a bookmark?
Practise thisWhat’s the worst piece of advice you’ve ever received?
Practise thisWhat’s your most embarrassing attempt at DIY?
Practise thisWhat’s your most embarrassing fashion phase?
Practise thisWhat’s your most ridiculous excuse that actually worked?
Practise thisWhat’s your strangest source of pride?
Practise thisWhat’s your strangest talent that serves no purpose?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest association with a particular smell?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest food combination that you secretly love?
Practise thisWhat’s your weirdest theory about everyday things?
Practise thisDescribe the most chaotic dinner party you could possibly host with five people from any time period.
Practise thisWhat’s the worst possible first date location and how would you survive it?
Practise thisWhy do humans find laughter contagious, and what’s the funniest thing that’s made you laugh recently?
Practise thisCreate a new category for the Nobel Prize.
Practise thisCreate a new constellation and its mythology.
Practise thisDescribe a seemingly ordinary object in your home as if it were an ancient artefact of great mystery.
Practise thisDesign a playground for adults.
Practise thisDesign a retirement home for fictional characters.
Practise thisIf animals could talk, which would have the most interesting stories to tell and why?
Practise thisIf you could live in any genre of story, would you choose comedy, drama, romance, or adventure?
Practise thisImagine books could only be one sentence long. What’s the greatest masterpiece you’d write?
Practise thisImagine you could write a musical about your life. What would the opening number be about?
Practise thisInvent a new tradition for saying goodbye.
Practise thisTell us a creation myth for the internet.
Practise thisTell us the diary entries of a houseplant.
Practise thisTell us the memoir of a forgotten password.
Practise thisCreate a fictional museum exhibit that celebrates an ordinary, overlooked aspect of daily life.
Practise thisCreate a new emotion that humans haven’t discovered yet.
Practise thisCreate a new type of award ceremony for everyday achievements.
Practise thisCreate a new way to package and sell time.
Practise thisCreate a superhero based on the last thing you ate.
Practise thisDescribe making small talk as if it were an extreme sport.
Practise thisDescribe procrastination as if it were a person at a party.
Practise thisDescribe the strangest conversation you’ve overheard in public and what you imagined about it.
Practise thisDescribe writer’s block as if it were a place you could visit.
Practise thisDescribe your commute as if it were a heroic quest.
Practise thisDescribe your weekend as if it were a nature documentary.
Practise thisDesign a fictional creature from scratch and describe what it eats, where it lives, and what it fears most.
Practise thisIf buildings could talk, what would your current building tell you about yourself?
Practise thisIf days of the week were people, describe Monday’s personality.
Practise thisIf grammar rules were laws, which would you break first?
Practise thisIf personality traits were ingredients, what dish would you be?
Practise thisIf seasons were genres of film, what would autumn be?
Practise thisIf silence had a colour, what would it be and why?
Practise thisIf you had to teach someone a lesson using only objects found in a kitchen, what would you teach and how?
Practise thisIf your life were a film, what genre would it be and what would the climax be?
Practise thisInvent a gadget that would solve a minor daily annoyance.
Practise thisInvent a new profession that will exist in 100 years.
Practise thisInvent a new room that every house should have.
Practise thisInvent a new sport that combines three existing sports and explain why people would want to play it.
Practise thisInvent a new word and explain what it means.
Practise thisTell us a myth about why humans need coffee.
Practise thisTell us a story that begins with “The last dragon in the world lived in my garage.”
Practise thisTell us about a support group for retired imaginary friends.
Practise thisTell us about the conspiracy theories believed by cats.
Practise thisTell us the breakup letter between you and your bad habits.
Practise thisDesign a fictional city based entirely on an era from the past.
Practise thisImagine you’re directing a film about an ordinary day in an ordinary person’s life. What would make it compelling cinema?
Practise thisIf you could send one piece of advice back in time to yourself aged ten, what would it be?
Practise thisAre humans inherently good or evil?
Practise thisAre we products of nature or nurture?
Practise thisCan silence be more powerful than words?
Practise thisCan you be too open-minded?
Practise thisCan you change who you fundamentally are?
Practise thisDoes a person deserve recognition for trying hard even if they ultimately fail?
Practise thisIs ambition a virtue or vice?
Practise thisIs boredom valuable?
Practise thisIs gratitude a choice?
Practise thisIs happiness a destination or a direction?
Practise thisIs ignorance ever truly bliss?
Practise thisIs it better to be needed or wanted?
Practise thisIs it wrong to pursue your own happiness if it means disappointing others?
Practise thisIs loyalty always admirable?
Practise thisIs nostalgia helpful or harmful?
Practise thisIs originality possible?
Practise thisIs perfection achievable or even desirable?
Practise thisIs respect earned or given?
Practise thisIs solitude different from loneliness?
Practise thisIs there honour in defeat?
Practise thisIs vulnerability strength or weakness?
Practise thisWhat makes a friendship last a lifetime whilst others fade away?
Practise thisWhat makes a promise binding?
Practise thisWhat makes a truly effective apology?
Practise thisWhat makes something art?
Practise thisWhat’s more important: intention or outcome?
Practise thisDo we have a moral obligation to help strangers, or does responsibility end with those we know?
Practise thisDoes failure serve a greater purpose than success?
Practise thisDoes forgiveness require forgetting?
Practise thisHow do you distinguish between genuine confidence and arrogance in yourself and others?
Practise thisIs it ever ethical to lie to protect someone’s feelings?
Practise thisIs it more important to be true to yourself or to adapt to the expectations of others?
Practise thisIs it possible to be truly objective, or do our personal experiences always colour our judgement?
Practise thisIs it possible to truly know another person?
Practise thisIs there such a thing as too much honesty in relationships?
Practise thisShould we prepare for the worst or hope for the best?
Practise thisWhat does a truly meaningful life look like to you, and how does it differ from what society suggests?
Practise thisWhat does it mean to live authentically in a world where social media encourages us to curate our image?
Practise thisWhat would humanity be like without the concept of time?
Practise thisCan regret ever be a positive force in someone’s life, or is it purely destructive?
Practise thisCan wisdom be taught, or must it be earned through experience?
Practise thisIs it ever truly possible to separate the art from the artist?
Practise thisIs there inherent meaning in existence, or do we create it ourselves?
Practise thisWhat does it mean to be truly grateful?
Practise thisWhat does it mean to have integrity when no one is watching?
Practise thisHow would you handle suddenly becoming famous overnight?
Practise thisHow would you use the ability to teleport?
Practise thisIf you could instantly become an expert in any skill, what would you choose and why?
Practise thisIf you could live in any fictional world for a year, which would you choose and why?
Practise thisIf you invented a new public holiday, what would it celebrate and how would people observe it?
Practise thisIf you woke up tomorrow as a different species, how would you spend your first day?
Practise thisIf you woke up tomorrow with a skill you’d always wanted, what would it be and how would you use it?
Practise thisHow would you explain love to someone who’d never experienced it?
Practise thisHow would you explain the internet to someone from the 1800s?
Practise thisHow would you survive on a deserted island with only three items?
Practise thisIf a famous person offered you terrible life advice, would you be more likely to take it than good advice from a stranger?
Practise thisIf money were no object, what would you do differently with your life?
Practise thisIf you could bottle any experience to relive later, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could bring one fictional character to life, who would it be?
Practise thisIf you could experience any job for a day with no consequences, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could guarantee one thing for future generations, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could have dinner with any three people from history, who would you choose and why?
Practise thisIf you could know the absolute truth to one question, what would you ask?
Practise thisIf you could master any skill overnight, what would you choose and what would you do with it first?
Practise thisIf you could prevent any invention from being created, what would it be?
Practise thisIf you could redesign your local community from scratch, what three changes would you prioritise?
Practise thisIf you could replace sleep with any other activity, what would you choose?
Practise thisIf you could send one message to the entire world simultaneously, what would it say?
Practise thisIf you had to choose between unlimited knowledge or unlimited power, which would you take?
Practise thisIf you had to convince aliens not to destroy Earth, what would you say?
Practise thisIf you had to create a new country, what would be its founding principles?
Practise thisIf you had to design a test for wisdom, what would it include?
Practise thisIf you had to live in a world without electricity, how would you adapt?
Practise thisIf you had to live the rest of your life in a library, museum, or zoo, which would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to live the same year of your life on repeat forever, which year would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to live underwater or in space, which would you choose?
Practise thisIf you had to teach a subject you know nothing about, how would you prepare?
Practise thisIf you woke up tomorrow as your opposite personality type, what would be your first three actions?
Practise thisWhat would you do if gravity stopped working for one hour?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you could communicate with plants?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you could duplicate yourself?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you could see 10 seconds into the future?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you discovered your best friend was a spy?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you discovered your colleague was stealing from the company?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you woke up 100 years in the future?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you woke up tomorrow and you were the only person on Earth?
Practise thisWhat would you do if you won the lottery but couldn’t tell anyone?
Practise thisIf you woke up as a historical figure, whose life would you want to inhabit?
Practise thisWhat would be the unintended consequences of living in a world without mirrors?
Practise thisWhat would happen if everyone in the world suddenly had access to unlimited free education?
Practise thisDescribe a leadership decision you’ve seen someone make that impressed you and why it mattered.
Practise thisHow do you approach giving presentations?
Practise thisHow do you build trust with a new team, and how do you know when that trust has been established?
Practise thisHow do you deal with analysis paralysis?
Practise thisHow do you deal with imposter syndrome?
Practise thisHow do you deal with meeting overload?
Practise thisHow do you handle a micromanaging boss?
Practise thisHow do you prepare for a career change?
Practise thisHow would you build a team from scratch?
Practise thisIs it more important for a leader to be liked or respected?
Practise thisWhat makes a good leader, and who is someone you consider a good leader?
Practise thisWhat’s more important: meeting deadlines or delivering quality?
Practise thisWhat’s the biggest mistake new managers make?
Practise thisWhat’s the most important factor in job satisfaction?
Practise thisWhat’s the most underrated professional skill?
Practise thisWhat’s the secret to successful collaboration?
Practise thisWhat’s your approach to dealing with office politics?
Practise thisWhat’s your philosophy on workplace friendships?
Practise thisHow do you decide what’s worth your time and attention?
Practise thisHow do you handle a team member who consistently delivers excellent results but makes others uncomfortable with their behaviour?
Practise thisHow do you maintain enthusiasm after years in the same role?
Practise thisHow should organisations navigate the tension between protecting employee privacy and fostering workplace community?
Practise thisHow would you convince a skeptical team to embrace a major change?
Practise thisHow would you lead a project where nobody believes it’s possible?
Practise thisHow would you rebuild trust with a colleague after a significant mistake?
Practise thisIf you had to negotiate peace between two groups who have fundamental disagreements, what approach would you take?
Practise thisWhat would you do if asked to relocate for work?
Practise thisWhat’s the difference between a manager and a leader?
Practise thisWhat’s the most important thing a leader should never do?
Practise thisHow might the relationship between employers and remote workers evolve over the next decade?
Practise thisCreate a framework for deciding which human enhancements should be allowed and which should be banned.
Practise thisCreate a framework for deciding which traditions to preserve and which to abandon as society evolves.
Practise thisCreate a framework for determining when efficiency should be sacrificed for resilience.
Practise thisCreate a framework for determining which species to save when resources only allow protecting 10% of endangered species.
Practise thisCreate a new model for relationships in a society where people live for 500 years.
Practise thisCreate a solution for maintaining privacy that also allows for public health monitoring and crime prevention.
Practise thisDesign a test to determine if an artificial intelligence is truly conscious or perfectly simulating consciousness.
Practise thisDesign a way to communicate complex emotions to beings that don’t experience them.
Practise thisDesign a way to measure and reward contribution to society that goes beyond economic productivity.
Practise thisDesign a way to measure the value of art that satisfies both artists and economists.
Practise thisDesign an education system that prepares students for jobs that don’t exist yet while preserving cultural heritage.
Practise thisExplain how a butterfly in Brazil could theoretically cause a tornado in Texas, and relate this to a personal decision you’ve made.
Practise thisExplain how language shapes thought, then design a language that promotes peace and cooperation.
Practise thisExplain how photography changed human memory, then predict how brain-computer interfaces will change consciousness.
Practise thisExplain why humans seek meaning, then design a philosophy for robots who don’t need meaning.
Practise thisExplain why we dream from biological, psychological, and philosophical perspectives, then propose your own theory.
Practise thisHow does technology change the way we experience being human, and is that change for better or worse?
Practise thisHow would you balance preservation of Earth with expansion into space?
Practise thisHow would you design a justice system for crimes that haven’t been committed yet but are predicted by AI?
Practise thisHow would you distribute power in a direct democracy where every citizen can vote on every issue instantly?
Practise thisHow would you distribute resources fairly in a world where some people live for 200 years and others for 70?
Practise thisHow would you govern a Mars colony of 10,000 people with a 20-minute communication delay to Earth?
Practise thisHow would you maintain diversity of thought in a telepathic society?
Practise thisHow would you maintain human agency in a world where algorithms predict behaviour better than individuals?
Practise thisHow would you maintain human purpose and meaning in a post-scarcity society where AI does everything better?
Practise thisHow would you maintain innovation in a society where failure has been eliminated?
Practise thisHow would you preserve democracy in an age where deepfakes make truth indistinguishable from fiction?
Practise thisHow would you prove that mathematics is discovered rather than invented, or argue the opposite?
Practise thisHow would you prove to someone that you’re not living in a simulation, or argue that it doesn’t matter?
Practise thisHow would you restructure society if you had to balance complete individual freedom with collective wellbeing?
Practise thisHow would you restructure time if the standard 24-hour day no longer served humanity’s needs?
Practise thisIf memories make us who we are, are you the same person after forgetting your childhood?
Practise thisIf parallel universes exist where every possibility plays out, does moral choice have meaning?
Practise thisIf time travel exists, why haven’t we met time travellers? Provide three theories and defend the most likely.
Practise thisIf we could upload consciousness, would the uploaded version be you or a copy? Design an experiment to test this.
Practise thisIf we discovered life is common in the universe but intelligence is rare, what would this mean for humanity’s purpose?
Practise thisIf you could know the complete consequences of every action, would moral decision-making become easier or harder?
Practise thisIf you could reset humanity with all current knowledge but no technology, what would you do differently?
Practise thisIf you discovered free will is an illusion, how would you live differently, if at all?
Practise thisIn what ways do social media algorithms reshape how we understand ourselves?
Practise thisWhich film, book, or song deserves far more attention than it gets?
Practise thisHow has the definition of luxury changed?
Practise thisHow important is local shopping versus online convenience?
Practise thisIs competition healthy for society?
Practise thisIs influencer culture helpful or harmful?
Practise thisIs privacy still possible in the digital age?
Practise thisIs technology making us more or less creative?
Practise thisIs the gig economy empowering or exploitative?
Practise thisIs the pace of modern life too fast?
Practise thisIs tourism beneficial or harmful to local communities?
Practise thisShould artificial intelligence have a say in creative decisions like film or music production?
Practise thisShould governments invest more in space exploration or in solving problems on Earth?
Practise thisShould professional athletes’ salaries be capped?
Practise thisShould public figures’ past mistakes be forgiven?
Practise thisShould public transport be free?
Practise thisShould society prioritise economic growth or environmental sustainability, and how do we balance both?
Practise thisShould students be graded primarily on effort or on results?
Practise thisShould there be a maximum age for driving?
Practise thisShould there be age restrictions on social media?
Practise thisShould volunteering be mandatory for students?
Practise thisShould we have a four-day work week?
Practise thisShould we prioritise affordable housing or preserve green spaces in urban development?
Practise thisWhat gives you hope for the future?
Practise thisWhat single change would most improve society?
Practise thisWhat’s the most important quality in a neighbour?
Practise thisWhat’s the most significant technological change you’ve witnessed?
Practise thisWhat’s the most underrated aspect of modern life?
Practise thisWhat’s the most undervalued profession in society?
Practise thisDo countries have a moral obligation to accept climate refugees?
Practise thisHow do we address the decline in critical thinking?
Practise thisHow has the concept of community changed in modern times?
Practise thisHow has the definition of success changed in recent years?
Practise thisHow important is preserving cultural traditions in a globalised world?
Practise thisHow should we balance free speech with preventing harm?
Practise thisIs true objectivity possible in journalism?
Practise thisShould artificial intelligence be allowed to make decisions about criminal sentencing?
Practise thisShould companies be required to offer remote work options permanently?
Practise thisShould companies prioritise profit or environmental responsibility when the two conflict?
Practise thisShould governments regulate the use of facial recognition technology, and to what extent?
Practise thisShould there be a right to disconnect from work?
Practise thisWhat’s the biggest misconception about your profession or industry?
Practise thisWhat’s the most important measure of a country’s success?
Practise thisWhat’s the most important skill schools should teach that they currently don’t?
Practise thisWhat’s the most pressing issue in your local community?
Practise thisIn a world of increasing connectivity, are people becoming more or less lonely?
Practise thisIs it ethical to prioritise artificial intelligence development if jobs will be lost?
Practise thisBook or film?
Practise thisChoose: Memories or dreams?
Practise thisChoose: Passion or stability?
Practise thisChoose: Wisdom or youth?
Practise thisComplete: “Everyone should…”
Practise thisComplete: “If I could, I would…”
Practise thisConvince me to visit your hometown in 10 seconds.
Practise thisEarly bird or night owl?
Practise thisExplain to a child: What growing up means.
Practise thisExplain to a child: Why we sleep.
Practise thisFirst thought: Music.
Practise thisGive three reasons to smile today.
Practise thisGive three uses for a paperclip.
Practise thisGive three ways to make someone’s day.
Practise thisIn one word, describe yourself.
Practise thisMotivate me to exercise in 10 seconds.
Practise thisMountains or beach?
Practise thisName something that connects people.
Practise thisName three things you’d negotiate if you were buying a house, a car, and a sandwich.
Practise thisName three things you’ve thrown away that you actually miss.
Practise thisQuick: Name five cities you’d visit.
Practise thisQuick: Name five foods you couldn’t live without.
Practise thisReact to: “Aliens have landed!”
Practise thisReact to: “We’re moving abroad!”
Practise thisReact to: “You’re the new boss!”
Practise thisSell me this pen in 10 seconds.
Practise thisTeach me something in 10 seconds.
Practise thisWhat’s your most unpopular opinion about food?
Practise thisWhich everyday object would be most hilarious if it suddenly became sentient?
Practise thisWould you rather be ordinary or different?
Practise thisWould you rather be right or kind?
Practise thisWould you rather lead or follow?
Practise thisWould you rather speak all languages or play all instruments?
Practise thisYes or no: Can money buy happiness?
Practise thisYes or no: Is it ever okay to lie?
Practise thisDefend: Pineapple on pizza.
Practise thisDefend: Queuing.
Practise thisDefend: Rain.
Practise thisName two things you’ve grown to appreciate only as you’ve got older.
Practise thisWhich modern invention would you be most prepared to give up, and why?
Practise thisYou have ten seconds to convince someone to adopt your most controversial opinion. Go.
Practise thisName three things, explain why they matter, and defend your choices.
Practise thisWhat would you want to be remembered for: achievement, kindness, or something else entirely?
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