You must be careful, however, not to make your hyperbole sound like an advertiser's phony claims of product superiority. I went to an Easter egg hunt for senior citizens. They let me hide my own eggs, and I never found a single one of them. And, on the opposite end, don't forget the value of understatement. Pretty soon it adds up to real money.
Some speakers like to spring dramatic surprises on their audiences.
Here, as an example, is a quotation from a speech delivered at a Loyola University graduation banquet. His upbringing was probably less promising than yours. His name was Marion Morrison. He was born of simple surroundings in a small Iowa town. He moved to California when he was young.