Newsletter #22 - Two Competitions! |
Last week I participated in 2 competitions:
Let's talk marathon first MarathonThe marathon was in many ways an eye-opener: TLDR: My first marathon was pain, my second was fun. Enjoy it during, and feel mentally and physically refreshed after. Don't judge on doing something once! The prep:
During:
Post
Speech ContestI decided to join the speech contest because:
My focus was humor and energy, but it turns out the former is harder to achieve than I thought. I nevertheless enjoyed going on stage. And that's what most important, enjoying the act of doing something new, of going out of comfort. I took a topic the audience should be familiar with: learnings from Toastmasters. Though after practicing for a couple of days, I felt the speech wasn't as personal as it should be. A personal story with deep troughs and high peaks, (eg how I was ruining my life and how Toastmasters saved me) would have been a lot better. Now I was merely sharing improvements I did. And that's what the winner did do, she gave a very personal story. I ended up in 3rd place, which is satisfactory for me, though I know I can do better... Next Time! Similar to the marathon, the next day I feel energised, refreshed, maybe a sense of relief and freedom after spending a couple of days intensely preparing. In short: take more risk, |
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