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Toastmasters Project #1The Ice Breaker
Fears and Believes
Mister Toastmaster, Madame GE, Fellow Toastmasters and
welcomed guests...
Is there a better way to describe a person than to present his or her fears and
believes?
That’s exactly what I’m going to do in this Ice
Breaker, my first Toastmaster Project.
But before that, just a little presentation.
My name is Bernardo, you can all read that in my tag at the desk,
but you can just call me Bernie, which I think is more
friendly.
I moved to Canada just over a year ago from Buenos Aires,
Argentina.
So far, I’m loving this country, its people and culture. The winter,
well that’s another topic ...
I am an IT consultant, but after moving here was such a change in my life, I recently decided to also change my career and go
back to study
Ok, enough for a brief presentation, so let’s
go back to the main topic here..
FEARS!
I thought it could be interesting to share with you what are my biggest
fears when talking in public, and maybe that would help
me exorcise them
The first one isFear to forget my
speech, and that is why I have everything write down
here!
I’m gonna read the rest
Fear to be ridiculousFear not to fit.
Fear not to speak english very well, because is my second
language.Fear to speak too soft or too loud, too quick or too slow.
Fear to be judged.
The list is not so long, but fears are a powerful force
in the human mind.
And so are... BELIEVES
I believe that
The Golden Rule
is the basis of all human understanding.
When I studied some philosophy some years ago, I
was surprised to learn that variations of "do to others as you would have them do to you" are the common
ground for religions in all cultures. So I choose to live my life according to this principle.
I believe that
Technology makes us more human.
I remember when I was a small kid this tall everybody was thinking that "in the future we
would all be non-sociable robot-like beings, only talking with
computers" and that technology would change our essence, and
it is the other way around!
If you think of the basic human characteristics, you would find the most successful
technology behind them:
• Curiosity: Google,Wikipedia
• Gossip, procrastinate: Facebook, Twitter
• Books: Kobo, Kindle, iPad
• Music: in our pockets
• Games: lots of devices to play
We invent and use technology to be more
human!
As the geek that I am, I cannot wait to see how
history is going to continue about this
I believe that
We can achieve anything we propose
in this life.
The only three tools we need are:
FOCUSDISCIPLINEPATIENCE
I know, I know, I didn’t say it is easy, but isn’t it great to know that we can achieve any goal we set out to do?
So, one of the goals I set for myself it is to be a good
public speaker, and that’s exactly what I’m trying to do
with this first speech.
I also believe that
The most valuable asset in life is TIME
The time you need to meet great people like
you, experience new things
and have a wonderful time
in this life
Hoping that I didn’t take too much or too little
of the time for this speech,
I really want to thank you all!