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| Word of the day: Achieve |
The power of the mind is amazing. We may not know it, but the energy released from the mind affects your life. It is as if the universe responds to your thoughts and gives you what you want. When we are assertive and determined to do something or achieve something our positivity ad affirmations will lead us to succeed in our quest. This is in quintessence what our dear President, Julia Leong, DTM expressed. The meeting began with a surprise for many of us in attendance when our President told us that earlier in the year she was diagnosed with a cancer. This was shocking! But through the positive mindset she created the faith that she will recover and obtain her DTM. Indeed, that is what she achieved. What she said can be used as material for an inspirational speech. We sometimes come across such challenges in life and at times of the magnitude that Julia went through. Well done, Julia! I will tell your story to my fellow Toastmasters in Mauritius next month.
The
Toastmaster of the Evening (TME), Manish Jha, IP1, lead us through the meeting.
One of the guests was from India and this was wonderful because it is
interesting to have a foreign Toastmaster in attendance at a meeting. It goes
to show that the internet connects us all.
I too attended an online meeting with Toastmasters from Mauritius, but
there were Toastmasters from Indonesia, including an American who is resident
there, Singapore and Malaysia. What I learnt from the Mauritian club was that
they have fabulous newsletter with a lot of content.
Manish
Jha, IP1, described the developments in Toastmasters International and its
growth in membership. Manish Jha, IP1,
went on to describe what leadership is by relating it to two founding members
of the club. Although this is often repeated, it is useful. It brings to the
listener the opportunities that Toastmasters membership can bring to a member.
A point to note is how Manish Jha was leading the meeting. His enthusiasm and
energy were high and this is a sign of someone who is well into his activity.
The
Table Topics® session was conducted and apart from a technical issue
experienced by one member the session went well. The TME always speaks about
the benefit membership of Toastmasters can bring. This always alerts a
potential member as to the storehouse of benefits that await in partaking of
Pathways which is the innovative way in which members can choose to journey in
their membership. Haji Hashim’s table
topics speech illuminated a fantastic point that we can follow. He said that he
challenges himself during golf in order to find his errors and them correct
them. This is a superb way to improve oneself. That you, Sir, for giving us this
point. Why not challenge yourself rather
than challenge others?
The
prepared speech saw four successful and accomplished speakers; Mathew Philippose,
EC4, CP Lau, DTM, and Abdulrahman, PM2.
Mathew
Philippose, EC4, gave a speech that demonstrated how to do an ice breaker
speech. The speech was an illustration
of how ice-breakers are to be given. The ice-breaker is what introduces a new
member to a club. I think that such speech should be recorded as part of
training in giving speeches.
The
next speaker was CP. Lau, DTM, which was speech based on apiece research has
done. His speech could not have come at a better time. It was about the impact
of the Covid-19 pandemic on personal savings. The impact of the pandemic is
having a disastrous impact on income, expenditure and savings. CP. Lau, DTM, you have demonstrated how to
give a research-based speech. He also took a phrase from William Shakespeare-
to be or not to be. How so very appropriate. Thank you, my friend.
The
last speaker was AbduRahman, PM2. He gave a speech on the use of presentation
apps for speeches. It dealt with how app developers can best deliver products. It
was very informative and educational.
The
GE later gave his views and it was followed by the other speech evaluators and
award presentation. Indeed, we had a great night!
