In the last blog post, I wrote about how three days prior to the competition I still did not have a fully complete speech. It was missing many crucial parts and simply was short of a winning speech and the criteria that fulfilled all the objectives. There are two ways to tackle this. One way […]
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For those of you who know me, I am a member of Toastmaster\’s international and it plays a huge part in my life. This is where I practice what I teach entrepreneurs, communication, leadership, and much more. Every year Toastmasters holds an International Speech competition that starts at the club level. There are some 16,600
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Over the past two to three years, I have started a presentation titled “Passion and Vision: The ingredients of a successful Startup” mostly for entrepreneurs but as time passes I see this applicable to everything in our life. Several months ago, I presented a workshop on Passion & Vision: Learn how to speak from the
It is possible that you don\’t know many of the names that I will mention in this article, but it does not matter so much. I have referenced them so that you can learn more about them if you want. However, what has struck me as most interesting and the point I want to share
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A few days ago a good friend of mine shared a picture on one of the SMM platforms and it was just a few days after our club competition. Of course, everyone wants to be first, and coming third in a competition where only 5 people have competed may not sound so amazing. Remember my
If you are going to gamble and take a bet. Then let it be you. Yes, bet on yourself. Bet on yourself that you can achieve what you want to do. Earlier last month, I entered the yearly club competitions for the International Speech championship. This year our club has grown and we had some
I want to share with you one of the most inspiring stories I have read most recently. The life and company of Beate Uhse. I remember visiting her Museum in Berlin in 2003 however it was not a few months ago that I came across her life story again in a book, The Aftermath, which
Last week I started reading the biography of Kurt Godel, \”Journey to The Edge of Reason\” by Stephen Budiansky. The prologue hits you in the face. One of the biggest minds, genius, and noble prize winners, at the age of 64 confessed to his psychiatrist that he believes he hadn\’t achieved the goals that he
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If you asked me how did I become a mentor, my answer would be: accidentally. Four years ago when I sold one of my companies, I had not planned on becoming a mentor. I had sold one of my companies (for a very small sum) which was enough to allow me to take a short
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If I have to admit to anything is that I was wrong with many of my teenage and young adult beliefs. I was wrong because I was fed with the wrong data and even as I write this I have to admit and accept that I may still be wrong. However, this is my newly
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