Last night I went to an Area Toastmasters contest, where the events were Table Topics (impromptu speaking) and International Speech Contest (inspirational/motivational). I identified two speeches that were vying for first place. One came from a veteran speaker who has a track record of winning speech contests all the way up to the District level [...]

I just came from watching an area contest for Toastmasters. After watching the contestants for the International Speech Contest, I felt inspired to get back on track with speaking and participate in a future competition. For all the “touchy-feely”, “everybody is a winner” sentiment abounding in our society today, I find myself positively fueled by [...]

I have been thinking about the idea of “changing the world”. “Changing the world” is a concept I had raging hormones about, as a manifestation of a “type-A-overachieving-never-feeling-quite-self-secure” personality as well as a true desire to “make a difference before I’m dead”. Part of a new direction I’m moving toward is a notion of “changing [...]

From Wall Street Journal’s Juggle Blog – author Min Jin Lee talked about a difference in mentalities born of the inheriting Elite versus working class: “I attended a meeting for applicants to Harvard Business School. What was striking to me was the constant talk about leadership. I realized, for two years these kids get the [...]