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Amit C




I'm doing 18 things
  
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take care of myself: physically, mentally, emotionally & spiritually
A reminder that progress in one area helps the other areas 4 weeks ago

and progress is needed in all areas.

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lose 5 pounds (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 3 months ago

Plan to drop from current 170 to 165.

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join Toastmasters
Useful in many ways 4 months ago

I went ahead and attended one as guest. It was definitely worthwhile and and I became a member and have delivered my first speech.
It is obviously about public speaking, however it is useful in many ways:
-The core approach is to do a series of 10 speeches with each focusing on a certain aspect of speaking (Speech organization, Body language including eye contact, Vocal variety)
-You will automatically find your own areas which need focus, be it planning for a speech, english language, fear of being in front of an audience.
-There are stories to hear and things to learn from other’s speeches. I enjoyed one about the Mexico desert where the stars touch the ground at the horizon and look forward to others. I look forward to it.
-You become part of a highly motivated and ambitious group.
-There is a leadership track with 10 activities, if you choose to go on that instead of or in addition to the public speaking one.

I would recommend it and am glad I added it to my todo list when Steve Pavlina mentioned it in his blog.

If you would like to find a club near you, please use the following link: http://www.toastmasters.org/find/default.asp

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ride my bike more often eat sushi be able to touch the floor with the palms of my hands while standing up never, EVER grow up landscape my yard Tulpen88 wants to Try a new recipe every month Be more accepting write a book of poetry find rachel blakes hidden video Make money doing something I love. sneaking out wake up early have a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel not care what others think of me move to Portland Oregon learn to ride a motorcycle live in New York City ILLTELLYOU wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) be happy with my life Learn to figure skate Find REAL friends learn to speak spanish fluently read my bible more often practice meditation learn ASP.NET recycle watch friends