The Goal is 300 visits before Monday.
Total for the three days was 93! Friday was a record day of 45 visits!! Wahoo 🙂
Thank you to everyone who has visited.
Special thank you to everyone who visited and encouraged their friends to visit as well.
PS- I welcome your comments!
As a member of Toastmasters Club – I am privy to hearing inspiring speeches from fellow members. Â The speech may be impromptu in a response to a Table Topics challenge or it can one of the Competent Communicator speeches.
Today I was the beneficial recipient of both kinds of inspiration and I am grateful.
I listened to a heartfelt speech #2 from a fellow Toastmaster, Derek. He shared a thoughtful insightful story dedicated to his former boss, Tim M. Murray, whom he worked with at Home Depot and the life lessons he gained from that five year relationship. This boss was a friend, a mentor, a teacher, and more, Tim lived his life with true integrity. Derek shared some of the life, and leadership lessons he learned from Tim.
Today my Club learned about 4 Qualities that make a great leader!
PASSION – Always do your best
EMPATHY – Listen to both sides and be prepared to listen and hear
DEDICATION TO CORE VALUES – not about core exercise, this quality is all about human decency, caring about and supporting others
LEADING BY EXAMPLE – not only by words, but actions.
Toastmasters provides an opportunity to learn and develop LEADERSHIP skills in hands-on, safe and supportive atmosphere. If you think Toastmasters is just about giving speeches, then you need to be a guest at a Toastmasters meeting and observe.
Guests are welcome !
Come prepared to laugh, to learn, and to meet inspiring people!
Toastmasters is fun, challenging, and inspirational and has been so since 1924!
Life is not a ‘Dress Rehearsal” – I was reminded today of what makes an Inspiring Leader, and the importance of sharing the lessons we gain in life and honoring special people in our lives.
There was a crooner! Dean Martin was definitely a classic with his talent and oozing charm. Â He could really sing but his talent was to look so natural, and to make you feel like you were celebrating a happy occasion.
Didn’t the Lady and The Tramp have this song as part of the Disney soundtrack? It would fit into the movie so well. Can you remember the two dogs having their spagetti dinner and sharing that noodle, bumping noses, and Tramp giving her the meatball.
What chivalry. (smile)
I hope that this song stays with you today, and causes a smile to meander across your face.
You may have noticed that I love classic personages i.e. John Wayne, Nat King Cole, Jack Benny, W.C. Fields but whom would  you nominate?
You won’t believe me but this is a great song to jog to. Â Wipe that smirk off your face! It really is true!
If you memorize the words there is a nice beat to follow when you are jogging. I often sang this to myself as I jogged along albeit always alone, and usually in the dark. I never got tired of this song, as it made me smile and I think I sang it acceptably.
If you don’t believe me, memorize it and then try it on a slow jog around the block. Oh ye of little faith ~ I kid you not!
I have tried to write a blog today but I find myself in too serious a mood. I have been blessed by some very real conversations with friends and acquaintances.
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I found them encouraging, and a reminder to count my own blessings. I had a wonderful day yesterday as I was reminded of many small things that I enjoy. Like looking in my son’s face as he gives me a salad he made. Like my wife hardly using my name, just using other things like sweetie, even when she is having a tiring day. Like my daughter calling me Dad, but it feels like a hug over the phone.
Like a breeze to a shut in, these are the little things that make my day wonderful.
Toastmasters International is having a conference May 5, 6, and 7 in Osoyoos, BC during the Spring Wine Festival.  If you attend the conference, you will have fun, be challenged and have a great time.
If you don’t attend the conference, think instead of joining a local Toastmasters Club. Do you want to better yourself? Are you working toward a better job, a better future, or do you want to join with someone else so together you grow?
My suggestion to you is to attend a meeting as a guest this week. If you need help finding a Club, I volunteer to assist you. If you look on the internet you can’t help but find many accolades to the benefits of Toastmasters International.
Still waiting for the connection to Trooper? I just think they are a fun band, plus they will be here in Penticton, BC this summer during Peachfest (August). Â If you remember the 70’s – drop on by!
