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Christmas & Toastmasters International

I remember a long time ago in a Toastmasters meeting I made a mistake.

Toastmasters International?

Toastmasters International is an organization that helps people to speak in public. Public speaking is a great fear most people have, next to death. So, you could say that most people would prefer being in the casket at the funeral than speaking at it.

At this meeting I was appointed the Table Topics Master for the night. I always loved that task, mostly because it would break things up and it would always bring out the good stories and the creative side of all the speakers involved.

 The Table Topics Master is in charge of the portion of the meeting that concentrates on speaking off the cuff. My job was to pick a topic and ask a member to give a talk for 2 minutes on that subject. We had enough members to ask 3 people per meeting to speak on table topics.

This meeting was the last meeting of the year and it was a few days before Christmas, so I thought I would stay with the theme and do topics around that subject.

I looked around the room at all the members I could call on. I picked Ernie. Ernie was a cool cat with a New York way of speaking. He was in sales and was a good speaker.

I looked at Ernie and motioned for him to come up to the lectern and then I asked him to tell us all about a special Christmas he had when he was a kid. He smiled and walked up beside me and I walked away and waited for a great 2 minute speech.

Ernie takes a deep breath and looks at me and he starts to speak. “Well…….I never had a Christmas with my family.” I thought oh no! I’m going to feel bad about this. All the other members looked and listened to find out more. Then He said; “I never celebrated Christmas with my family because…..I’m Jewish.” I can still see his big old smile. “I did have Christmas sort of. I would go to my friend’s house and enjoy Christmas Day with them. I also had Hanukah at my house.”

Ernie did a great job and finished his 2 minutes without missing a step. And he made me look like a winner. I’ve lost touch with old Ernie some years ago. I hope to laugh about that meeting again with him one day!

My Lesson:

So, what did I learn from that other than Ernie was Jewish and never celebrated Christmas with his family?

1 – Never assume that you know people until you really know them.

*** That is one communication and success tip that will take you far in business and in your relationships of any sort.

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Merry Christmas to you all!

Happy Hanukah, Ernie!

Embrace the challenge & enjoy the journey.

Visit A Toastmasters International Meeting Near You.

Lynn Lane

Lane Resources Inc.

Success Skills – Part 2

 Success Skills.

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Five - Write your goals down. Most people never write down their goals

because they say they know what they are and don’t need to. The winners in

life write down their goals in a clear focused manner. Just by writing down

your goals you start the Attitude of Attraction to working for you. You will start

to attract the things you focus on the most. You should have one major goal

or purpose then smaller goals to support that one big goal or purpose. When I

started on my black belt in Kenpo Karate I knew the big goal was the black

belt, but the most important belt is the first belt. The smaller goals will

always support the big goals. Write your goals down in the present tense as if

they were already here. Write your goals down with a deadline. Give yourself

a time limit to accomplish each goal. (Things happen and if you don’t make your

deadline, create a new on.) Make sure each goal is measurable. For

example, you can measure a salary increase or losing weight.

Six - Determine the price you’ll have to pay for it. I know you’re saying,

what? Pay for it? Yes, here’s what I’m saying. What are you going to have to

learn to reach your goal? How hard do you need to work for it? What are you

willing to sacrifice for it? Are you willing to stay up late at night and get up

early for it? Are you willing to sweat hard for it? If you can’t answer these

questions, then you are not committed to your goal. You must pay the price.

There’s no free lunch in this life. You must pay in advance.

Seven - Write down every reason you can to support your major goal or

purpose. Why is it you are working toward this goal? Through research we

know that if we have reasons for our goals we tend to stay focused on the

goal at hand. I myself do what I do because I had people in my life that said I

couldn’t do the things I said I wanted to do. They would laugh or just roll

their eyes and walk away. Some were my own family. So think of reasons

that will inspire you. Reasons that will get you re-fired for action when you

need it.

Eight - Create a plan and make it happen. Write out your plan in detail. Go

back about every three months and reevaluate where you are. You can’t build

something that will last without a plan. Start where you are now and think

about where you’re going. Start from the foundation up. Just like a giant

skyscraper. Zig Ziglar says you can determine how high a building is going to

be by how deep the foundation is. Get your foundation deep by preparing

yourself for action with a good plan.

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 To your success!

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