Message from the
District 79 Club Growth Director
Greetings!
When I had delivered my first Icebreaker, it made me realized the vast opportunity
that Toastmasters organization can offer me – the power through leadership.
Yes, leaders empower! As I often mention in my speeches, the leaders’ job is
to put people on top, enlarging their belief that they too can serve and help
others become better. Only empowered individual can reach their full potential
thus as leaders we keep enlarging people by giving them opportunities to test
and prove that each has their own set of leadership skills. Only then the tag line
“Where Leaders are Made” can be fulfilled!
On the event of Division G Annual Contest with the theme “Ace with Greatness”,
I am humbled to congratulate the men and women behind the success of this
feat. More than a hundred members will converge, not only to witness speakers
compete but to celebrate achievement, educational workshop presenters to
enlighten not only to impart information, and the participants to find places in
our community not only to experience and fulfill their vowed duties.
You are fortunate that your division has been blessed with a working team –
one that puts the good of the team ahead of themselves! This event shall not
host only the proficient speakers but also selfless contest leaders – chief judge,
timers, tally counters, sergeant-at-arms, test speakers and most importantly
the unknown soldiers, our contest judges! Every role players have significant
contribution, piece & parcel, when are efforts are concerted we gain a harmony
of working relationships towards a goal of making the event fair, credible and
most of all successful!
As your CGD, let me remind you that as you & I grow and improve as leaders, so
will those we lead. We need to remember that when people follow us, they can
only go as far as we do. If our growth stops, our ability to lead will stop along
with it. Continue modeling growth for others to follow. Emphasize learning and
growing today and watch those around you begin to grow. True to our “growth
tag line” of Grow, Go and Glow! We have to challenge ourselves first to grow
cause a leader cannot make great demand of others what he does not demand
of himself. Grow cause we cannot model what we do not possess. When we
achieve growth, only then we can go and build the path for others to follow. Our
followers will have their growth plans and soon become leaders themselves.
When we contribute to others’ success, we glow for all we know that we made
impact – the very cause of our existence.
Everyone in toastmasters is capable of becoming a person who lifts up others.
Start by caring and believing that you can add value in their lives! You cannot
win if you do not begin. Begin the growth cycle now.
Yours in Toastmasters,
James Taruc, DTM
Club Growth Director
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