Ice breaker

I gave my Ice Breaker speech at Toastmasters tonight.

Was I ready for it? No. Was I going to let that stop me? No.

There is something to be said for commitment. There is that quote - Until one is committed, there is hesitancy ... the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too.

So as long as I keep telling myself that I'm not ready, I'll continue to be not ready and I'll continue putting off doing it.

Once I commit to doing it though, I'll get as ready as I need to be. Part of my hesitancy to commit to doing my Ice Breaker was thinking "where am I going to find the time to prepare it, with everything I've already got going on?" Well - the other day when I wrote my bio for my web site That Warrior Spirit I realized that this bio was my Ice Breaker. I already had the idea for it, all I had to do was develop it and turn it into a 4-6 minute speech, and that wasn't so hard to do.

Now I didn't spend as much time as I would have liked practicing it and learning it well enough to deliver it without looking at my notes. I thought I was stiff in my delivery and I felt more nervous than I thought I would be - but my evaluators didn't see that. They saw that I was calm and confident. If I came across that way to my audience even with the little preparation time that I put into it then I imagine how high I will soar when I really do put the appropriate amount of time into it.

Updated book cover

As I get closer to my publishing target I have updated the book cover and I've launched a new web site to promote the book. Visit www.thatwarriorspirit.com and let me know what you think.

For a limited time I am offering this book at a reduced price through my online store at www.orest-online.com.