Last week when we were reviewing the list of folks who had volunteered to be in today’s Evaluation contest, the list seemed awfully thin. The contests are more fun when there are a bunch of contestants, say at least 5 or 6, so I switched my job from “Counter” to “Contestant”.
The proof is in […]

This morning at Toastmasters, two things stood out to me:
1. A reminder of important planning and preparation are.
2. How much I’ve taken these things for granted with our Toastmasters group.
In the Inc magazine article I read yesterday, the concept that resourcefulness is more important than resources was attributed to Tony Robbins.
Was that blatant […]

This morning at Toastmasters, one of the speakers emphasized the importance of this concept when mountain biking:
focus on where you want to go and not on what you want to avoid.
Yes! A wonderful concept for so much more than mountain biking! It gets right to the point of creating what you want. I see […]

Let’s go for a quick swim in the stream of memory. Jump into the not-so-distant waters of last night at the monthly meeting of Night Owls, an ever-shifting, easy-going, enjoyable networking group for women business owners in the area. The structure is simple, which is a huge appeal for me. No dues, no rules, just […]

Our Toastmaster Club’s International contest was this morning. I came in 3rd of 5. Right in the middle. Would I have done better had my speech have been of wider appeal? What was I thinking? a speech on meditation.
A subject more for my purposes that spoke well to about half the audience, of little […]

I have a friend who complains a lot. Generally, he’s a good guy. He’s fun and creative, but the complaining has reached epic proportions in my ear.
In Toastmasters we use a clicker for gratuitous use of “um” “uh” “aaannnndddd” “so” etc. Often times the person speaking doesn’t realize how often they use one of these […]

We like to have fun at our Toastmasters meetings! I got to be “vivacious” that day. :)