The decker.com blog posted an article about the 10 best and 10 worst
communicators of 2010. US President Barack Obama is now considered a
poor communicator. This is what they wrote - do you agree?
Little does everyone know but Confucius was actually a very accomplished Toastmaster. Early in his career though he was frustrated people couldn't talk to time so Confucius said –
"To go beyond is as wrong as to fall short".
He also noticed that people often weren't very well prepared so Confucius said –
"Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure".
He was very keen to make a start on his icebreaker though as Confucius said –
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step".
While nobody knew him initially that was fine as Confucius said –
"Worry not that no one knows of you but rather seek to be worth knowing".
He was soon entering speech contests but was initially disappointed with the results so, annoyed at the judges, Confucius said –
"Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it".
He knew this was not the fault of the judges though and realised that he in fact just found public speaking very difficult. With this in mind Confucius said –
"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, but rather just adjust the steps to get there".
While he was always very keen to reach his goals Confucius said –
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop".
And with that throughout his life Confucius not only became a very accomplished Toastmaster but also reached all his goals and lived happily ever after!
Photo caption: Laurel Holterman (Division Governor), Stephanie Boyd
and Theresa Han (Area 34 Governor)
This morning's contest had nine contestants in total. Our two newest
members, Laura Masson and David Cruwys (pronounced "Cruise") were
joined by Charles Cave, David Nixon, Jill Lamond, Clare Gallagher,
Lucy Liang, Darin Bodilly and Melanie Cheong.
