I went to toastmasters on Tuesday evening. It was my third time in total and first time as an actual member.

It’s a powerful place to be for pure uplifting. I think of things I read about uplevelling your group and just being around people who are growing. There is so much of that. A wonderful energy.

My goal was to also be one of the people engaging so I did this. I’m sure I was terrible and thought back on the teaching of if something is worth doing it’s worth doing poorly at first.

Me and another guy did a two minute conversation based on the story of ‘We are the last 2 people on earth’.

The environment is supporting and you get given constructive feedback.

It is a good humbling lesson in the ultimate learning in the cone of learning of just learning by doing.

Personally I hope from this group to improve my speaking and therefore leadership skills to help my life personally and in business.

It was amazing to see the contrast of people who were so experienced then versus myself and also people who introduced themselves at the end who were coming for the first time and saying what they hoped to achieve.

One lady expressed having quite a negative mental health experience not long ago and now coming here to build a new self.

I noticed my triggering on the way there personally of nerves. It feels quite big for me personally.

I am dedicated to going there every two weeks with just having the goal of improvement.

I’d recommend finding a local toastmasters group to anyone looking to build skills around confidence, speaking, and leadership.