As a competitive person, second place is pain. If I'm second, I might as well be last. That's why taking second place at the Division level of the International Speech Contest in Toastmasters knocked something out of me.My goal had been Semifinals: and I was stopped two steps short of it. Worse, it was a public failure. I have five videos on this site titled Road to … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 6 (Improving a stale speech)
In this sixth video of the series, I talk about how you can overcome a stale speech—one that you've been working on for a while and is difficult to improve.[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNcRlv08c-8[/embedyt]Give it a watch—a summary wouldn't do it justice. … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 5 (Getting back into an old speech)
Fifth video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usHZGxOVQro[/embedyt]SummaryI'm back after a long break after getting married!In this video, I talk about the 5-step plan for how to recover your passion for an old speech:To summarize the … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 4 (Topic selection and outlining)
Fourth video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5hKSg-IvKI[/embedyt]SummaryI finished selecting two topics:Being unique Be more adventurousBoth are cliche topics, but high level speeches in Toastmasters commonly are. It's not really … [Read more...]
Road to Semifinals — Episode 3 (Research results)
Third video of the series where I document my attempt to make it to the Semifinals of the World Championship of Public Speaking.[embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym4Qe1SleLE[/embedyt] SummaryI finished the research that I've been doing for a few weeks.In this video, I give 4 major insights from my research. However, I wrote an article with 16 … [Read more...]