How to Thrive at the Last Minute

Be the Best Backup/ Substitute/ Last Minute Savior You Can be

By Brian Lin, DTM PDG

What is your reaction to a last minute opportunity?

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1994 Golden Gavel Award Recipient Toastmasters International

See the Big Picture

What is the Mission?

What are the Expectations?

How does success look like?

Bridging The Gap

• What are the required (skills & contents)?

• What do I already know? (No need to reinvent the wheel)

• How can I bridge the gap in the shortest time?

My Lifelines• 50/50: Eliminate the

Improbable (approaches / details / sidetracks)

• Ask the Audience: (shareholders / customers / recipients) – Information is king.

• Phone a Friend: ( mentors / insiders / veterans / people who were in a similar situation / professional helps / delegation )

I Am not 100% Qualified, but………

In Brokeback Mountain (2005), Ann Hathaway’s cowgirl role needed adv. riding skills. She felt from the horse.

In Love Potion #9 (1992), Sandra Bullock needed to be a geeky mid-age woman, she was only 26.

My Approach

What is my Unique Selling Proposition (USP)?

I am/have:Advantage Adventure Experience Agile Artistic Balanced Energetic Efficient Direct Creative Interesting Fun Reliable Willing Respectful Fast Customer-oriented Orderly Cool Exciting Cheaper Grand Sober Motivated Moderate Passionate special angle unique perspective different spins more less ???

Pulling Everything Together with Mind Mapping

Tony Buzan, 2016 Golden Gavel recipient, is Godfather of modern Mind-Mapping techniques and mental literacy.

Exercise

1. Find a partner2. Give each other a last minute assignment3. Accept the challenge / negotiate for acceptable goal(s)4. Devise a plan using what you have learned today.5. Write down your Top 3/5/7?

Time (12 min)

Toastmasters & Last Minute Readiness

Advanced Manuals: Specialty Speeches Manual (#1 Speak off the Cuff), Speaking to Inform manual, Speeches By Management manual, The Professional Speaker manual,  Communicating On Television manual, etc.

Leadership Development: club officer, district officer, contests, training, conference, workshop, club visit, special events, etc.

Stage Time: opportunities to practice and to be noticed in Toastmasters, open mic, conferences, and any occasion with audience.

Networking: showing up is 80% success

Vital skills you can Learn from Toastmasters to save the day

• Speaking• Communication• Leadership• Organization

• Story Telling• Listening • Evaluation• Humor

The Space that Attract Opportunities

A Ready & Available State (mental, physical, spiritual)

Open Mind & Open Eye

My Support Network and Mentors

My Gurus / Wise Advisors

Your Big Break

What big break are you expecting?

Does this big break fit with your other life goals?

How can I practice and be known?

How can I deal with the pressure of expectations

and time?

How can Toastmasters help?

Outsiders would not know how much effort was put in under water.

They should not anyway.

How can you get things done beautifully and make it look easy?