Contests are the breakfast for winners
T he good old contest season of Toastmasters is here. This is when all the toastmasters revisit their life memories to find snippets that are invariably funny and try evaluate even the conversations with spouse or parents. While feeling nostalgic, all the toastmasters would feel grateful to realize how far they have come😊. It is true that every toastmaster would experience this at least once during contest seasons. I am no exception to human emotions: it was 2019, I joined my first Toastmasters club in Chennai around the same time of the year. Obviously, I was roped in to participate in humorous contest by the VPEd despite my resistance - this is called "motivation" in Toastmasters😅. I tried to explain that I'd never even read a school rhyme in English on stage let alone a speech; forget a humorous speech. Of course, no VPEd will leave you alone when you say you're not ready. I was somehow convinced to contest. In spite of the nerve wrecking fear, frantically I cam