Overcome fear, improve self confidence and achieve greatness!

I finally made it to the 21st century - my first blog! Fear holds us back all too often. Fear is the barrier to success and the anchor that holds many of us back from achieving greatness.

Here it is 2012 and finally.....a blog! I attribute my success in moving forward with the blog to Toastmasters. I joined Parker Toastmasters - http://www.parkertoastmasters.com/ - in August 2010 with the goal of improving my presentation and public speaking skills. What followed was not planned nor ever a goal.

I gave a number of speeches from the Competent Communicator manual. The first speech, the "Ice Breaker" I was absolutely terrified, the second speech I bombed BUT with the third and fourth speeches came success and the learning curve began an upward trend. By June of 2011, I was elected as the VP of Education for our club and started to encourage the new members to embrace the "Ice Breaker" and start their personal journey in achieving the goals they set for themselves.

Today, some of my personal successes I directly attribute to Toastmasters. My self-confidence has sky rocketed, my speaking skills sharpened and I now speak at events about charities I support and the important work they do. I have overcome the fear of publishing a blog and encouraged to share my thoughts through the great contributions of Toastmasters International and the local Parker Toastmasters club.