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Every milestone is the beginning of my journey



I always had great friends to help me with my career or academics. One of my mentors advised me to join Toastmasters. This now turned out to be the best advice he has given plus one advice I have implemented.  
I have contacted Thomson Reuters Toastmasters official through one of my colleague from my department Venugopal. Murali, president that time invited me as guest for usual meeting on Fridays. When I have attended meeting, I felt very friendly place, I got opportunity to talk and I have met some brilliant speakers too. All these motivated to continue with Toastmaster.
I have received manual to practise my communication and leadership skills from Toastmasters. It looked some things really great and a herculean task. Communication manual has 10 different projects to a public speaker include speeches from self introduce to inspiration talk with in front a group of audience. To make me comfortable my past president has offered to be my mentor to precede my speeches. He has spent considerable amount of time to provide feedback and area of improvements on my script and speeches. He has mentored me till 7th project, then he has refer me to Dhanuja for face to face mentoring. I and Murali was working in different buildings.
Dhanuja’s first advice was to deliver my speech in a outside club.  It was not a comfortable thing for me as I had to face full unknown audience. My practise and support from my home club give me courage to approach Indira Nagar Pride club, a community club. Where people are from different back ground attend and normally the evaluation from this club is more critical than my home club. I have repeated all my speeches there. Special thanks to Indiranagar Pride club and their President Kausthub for giving me such wonderful opportunity. Delivering speeches in Indira Nagar club give me the urge to improve my communication skill further more.
I have started my face to face mentoring with Dhanuja. It was a great learning. I have repeated my speeches over and over again. Dhanuja was so patient to listen and provide area of improvement every time. That really strengthens the speech quality when I have delivered at the club and my club level international speech context.
Now I have completed my 10 project, my first manual, competent communication. More than anything I feel that a toastmaster is a journey not the destination. I can really feel the different in me where I have started and where I am now. I am sure, if anyone part of toastmaster, at the end of this 10 project, they will move significant distance in their learning. Because in toastmaster journey is the reward and every milestone is the beginning of my journey.

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