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The Rear-View Mirror Or The Wind Shield
“We have a choice every day – to act on yesterday’s good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow’s regrets.” – Robert Brault The reason the windshield is so much larger than the rear-view mirror is so we can … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, Toastmasters
Tagged looking forward, rear-view mirror, windshield
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Speaking of Speaking
“Every survival kit should include a sense of humor.” – Author Unknown In November, I won the Toastmasters District 7 Humorous Speech Competition. The other day, I finally received the video which I’m pleased to share. If you would like … Continue reading
Two Ways To Show Up
“Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that.” – Erich Heller There are two ways to show up. Because you have to or because you want to. There are two ways to act after you showed up. Like you … Continue reading
Posted in In the community, Toastmasters, Uncategorized
Tagged have to, showing up, want to
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Just One
“We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa At the Toastmasters District 7′s winter leadership institute conference today, the audience heard from a variety of speakers. One of the speakers is a mentor … Continue reading
Thank You
“Humility does not mean thinking less of yourself than of other people, nor does it mean having a low opinion of your own gifts. It means freedom from thinking about yourself at all.” – William Temple If you will humor … Continue reading
Posted in Toastmasters
Tagged appreciation, District 7, humorous speech contest, leadership, Thank You, Toastmasters
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Seeing The Unseen
“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” – Hellen Keller My grandmother visited me last night. It was during a Toastmasters Table Topics contest, (an impromptu speaking competition), when we were asked to relate what a … Continue reading
Posted in Around the House, Toastmasters
Tagged contest, Duluth, grandmas, Minnesota, table topics, Toastmasters, unseen
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Planting Seeds. Harvesting Action.
“The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson There are seeds you plant in the ground. Then there are seeds that you plant in the mind. When we present someone with an idea, it’s like … Continue reading
A Toast! To You!
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” – Henry Stanley Haskins, Meditations in Wall Street, 1940 “What did I do to deserve this?” The answer to that big question lies … Continue reading
