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No matter what you do professionally, there are always things you can be doing to better

yourself and to improve your craft. They say, ‘if you’re not growing, you’re dying’.

not going to dump printer cartridges Otherwise, you probably wouldn’t be
in the trash. Thank you for everyone in Toastmasters.
listening, we must recycle our printer Thank you so much for your time.
cartridges correctly. And then to make Is there one final word that you would

your message more impactful, it is like to share as we close?
about having that clarity yourself, and

not the… what was the word that you I would love to thank you so much for asking,
created? you know that is not one word, you can tell I’m

a man of many words.
Feargreego. Toastmasters is a tool kit with Pathways that

can take you places you didn’t imagine, but it’s a
Fear, greed, ego. Great. Feargreego. I toolkit and not the answer to the question, ‘what
think that if we’re not clear ourselves, do you want, and why?’.
then that can happen. I know for the You must have a strong reason why, and then

Club I’m in, we can allow for time to the toolkit such as Toastmasters will help you
get clearer. I think that’s an important get there. It’s a set of tools that you can use to
piece when you have the basics down of achieve your goals, but the goals don’t matter if
a predictable and well-run meeting you you don’t have a strong reason why.
make room to learn. We already have
that system and don’t need to reinvent Absolutely, and that is a perfect place

it, just keep the system, and keep the to end! Thank you so much, Alan
format, so that everybody can focus Schwartz
with that clarity during the meeting.

This was an industry magazine. Link to the full interview here:
Sometimes people don’t go out and
merge Toastmasters into other areas Link to Alan’s article, Coast to Coast Difference

of life, but for all of us, it should, and Maker Alan Schwartz Molds Career to Fit his
it would be helpful to check your Authentic Self, here.
own industry and see if there’s an
industry magazine. A way for you {To learn more about Alan Schwartz, please see the

to communicate your message in May 2020 issue of Voices!. pgs 36-39. Editor}
your industry is to get a great article

like this, because there’s a message
that you are wanting to get out.

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