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"How" is Everything!

Between the Next and the Now is “How”

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How to find humor in any place?

So, yes life is not fair. Sometimes difficulties come our way. But why do you think God sends difficult times our way? He doesn’t want to crush us. He doesn’t want to enjoy our plight. Well, God sends us some tough and tough times to make us emerge stronger. That’s how we learn, as they say there is no gain without pain. Now, it is really up to us to stay calm, confident and positive during this time, and learn from it. It is also a time to stick to our faith. Faith is tested only in difficult times. These are the times when God molds our thinking for times yet to come. O

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How to be a good mentor and mentee for life?

Do you know what bus ? drivers in Nepal are called? Well, since you all have shown keen interest in Mentoring, we have brought more about it for you. Enjoy the read.. Coming back to the question: Do you know what are bus ? drivers in Nepal are called? Gurujis! yes, Nepalese bus drivers are called Gurujis Surprised? Well, so was I. Then I asked a Nepalese friend, Why are bus drivers called Guruji of all the things? He gave me this answer, “Bus driver takes you from where you are to where you can be. Just like a Guruji.” He had a point, a guru or mentor holds yo

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Toastmasters

How can a mentee reap the benefits of the Toastmasters Mentorship program?

A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself. A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view. -Oprah Winfrey Interested in understanding how the Mentorship Program helps member Toastmasters and newcomers? Here's a 4 minute video, answering the following question: How can a mentee reap the maximum benefits of the Mentorship program? https://youtu.be/YSqxOIGkNM

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Students, Toastmasters

How to improve your impromptu speech sessions

Today, I came across an old video of mine. This is about 2 years old. Now the funny thing about old photos or videos is that no matter how much you hated the way you looked or spoke back then, when you watch them after a few years you simply love them. It brings smiles and laughs and you are taken back in time which you cherish. In this video, I was telling small children how to speak when given any topic. I had myself forgotten all this information, but after watching it I felt that I did talk sense. I am learning from my own self about the tricks. Especially, I liked

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How to write a good story?

Today, I was attending a virtual seminar. It was by a blind teacher called Dr. Ramesh Manwani. The beauty is that I just couldn’t figure out that he was blind. He was so confident and the stories he shared were so powerful and fascinating. I was mesmerized. I thought what is it that makes a good story. Let me first share the story I heard and then let’s get to the ingredients of a good story: Once, many years ago, in Persia, there lived a a Holy man called Abu bin adam. He was a man of deep faith and loved singing the songs of God. He would roam around the town sing songs an

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How to write in shorthand?

Sometimes you have a teacher who speaks very fast. You try your best to take notes but keep falling behind. What do you do in such situation? You can ask your teacher to go slow but she again and again forgets. This can make you bit frustrated, right? Well, you can learn to write using what is called as a “shorthand“. The good news is that you don’t need a formal training to learn shorthand. Let me tell you some easy rules and then we will practice together: Rules: Drop all the vowels when the word doesn’t start with a vowel. Example - rgstr for register, slsmn for sal

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Students, Toastmasters

How is Ah-Counter Role Performed in Toastmasters?

There is a famous quote by Management thinker Peter Drucker which says that If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.  Ah counter in a Toastmaster's meeting is a person who keeps a measure of the unnecessary words or long pauses in a speech. https://youtu.be/ILTKt3wqW48 Unnecessary words could be crutch words, filler sounds or repetitions. Crutch words are words used to fill the gap while the speaker is thinking common ones being You know, So, Basically and Like. Filler sounds are sounds such as ah, um and er. Repetitions are either repeated words o

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How to Answer Comprehension or Unseen Passages

Truth be told - I have been scared of unseen passages all my student life. However, over the years I have learnt one thing. If you are unable to do something, that is less to do with your inborn abilities are much more to do with the fact that you don't know how to do it. This applies to answering questions for unseen passages for school and competitive exams as well. While I was helping my son, Tanav prepare for his English test, I researched to find out the How of answering Unseen Passages. However, this technique may not apply to CAT test for which I will first find

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Managers, Students, Toastmasters

How To Prepare a Script For A Speech?

As someone who has delivered short speeches for Toastmasters to full day workshops, I have come to realize this trick mostly through my experience. The most critical part of preparing the content is same regardless of whether it is a 5-7 minutes speech or a 2 hour presentation or even a full day workshop. I'll come to what that is, but let me first tell you what it isn't. It's not researching the content. As a matter of fact, we can get into an endless research trap which is to be avoided. Just to give an idea - If you have an hour to prepare the script, don't spend more

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