Persuasive Speech

Introduction:
Image, I know it’s going to be tough, but imagine you are just exhausted completely spent. You’ve been working on a huge project for work. You’ve been in early, working late everyday for like a month. Also, you take home work to do on the weekends. Finally, the project is over and the board as approved it. You’re relieved and overjoyed you call the family and tell them you’re going to take everyone on that vacation you were supposed to take two weeks ago. However, on the way home you fall asleep behind the wheel. Your car swerves into the other lane you hit another car. The family in that car dies and you’re sent to jail. Ok I’ll admit that this is a worst case scenario but never the less this could happen. And believe it or not it’s all because you couldn’t take that vacation you promised the family.
Body:
1) What the problem is
2) What it does to your body
3) How it can affect your work
4) How to solve this problem
Conclusion:
If this does not prove to you that American corporations are behind in the well being of employees and the operations of their company. Look at this on average Americans get 19 paid days off, however, in European countries they get more days off (France 31 days). So let me ask you this in closing if we have the least amount of days off in the advanced countries. Are we not possibly doing something wrong that everyone else knows already?

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Ravn, Karen . "Take vacations to heart; Do we really need someone to tell us that time away is good for us? Apparently so." Los Angeles Times 16 July 2007: F1. Academic. LexisNexis. Purdue. 2 Nov. 2007 .

Sahadi, Jeanne . "A page from the burnout chronicles." CNNMoney.com . 24 May 2006. 2 Nov. 2007 .
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