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he efforts and number of follow ups to get this

newsletter to this stage seems to be funny, when

I imagine how a daily news paper is made ready in just24 hours of time. A daily news paper contains number

of pages with different sections. How on earth they

complete a newspaper in such short time!!

On weekdays most of our time goes for our job (8-10

hrs), travel to office and back to home (1-3 hrs), rest of

the time to daily chores, eating and sleeping. Now, the

only time we get to spend some time for other per-

sonal work is during weekends. But are we really able

to make something good out of our weekends?

Mostly we wake up late on those days; by the time we get ready and finish our

breakfast, its already afternoonalmost at lunch time. We either watch TV or

spend time on social networking sites like orkut/facebook. Some of them are

really good; but it depends on how exactly do we make use of it. On top of it,

during weekends we need to take care of the shopping/entertainment needs of

our loved ones. The only day they get OUR quality time is on weekends.

What about meeting friends? You never get time to meet your friends. Friend-

ships often break just because we do not keep in touch with them. Pitiable situa-

tion to be in if you have so less time and so many things to do, and on top of it if

you have to prepare or contribute to a newsletter like this.

How on earth a CEO of a company manages his/her time. They dont get more

time than anyone of us, so the only way they must be able to manage might be

because they love what they do and they use their time wisely.

When we want something to happen and put our best efforts we will come out

with flying colors, or at least we hope so. Putting our best efforts is whats in our

hand and that is what we tried to do for this newsletter.

As Rabindranath Tagore said The butterfly counts, not months, but moments

and has time enough.

Hope you all have few minutes to appreciate the valuable efforts, our TMs have

put in, to make this first CSC TM newsletter. Special thanks to TM Gayatri Gouda

for joining the editorial team and designing our first newsletter in such a wonder-ful fashion.

Editor

Srinivas Tripurari

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TEDITORS DESK...

CSC Hyderabad Chapter Toastmasters

CONTENTS

Editors Desk... P2

From The Presidents Desk P3

Giving Back! P4

Moment of Truth! P5

Cakes On The Way... P5

Know TM Anoop! P6

Toasting a Toastmaster! P7

Mind Your Thoughts! P8

Success Mantra P9

Assistant Editors Desk... P10

Photo Gallery P10

TOASTMASTERS

Editor Srinivas Tripurari

Assistant Editor

&

Graphic Designer

Gayatri Gouda

CLUB OFFICERS

PresidentMr. Mahesh Reddy Pathigari+91 98859 25664

VP Education

Mr. Shivakumar Keskar+91 99899 25763

Mr. Naga Ravi Vasamsetty+91 99639 02275

VP MembershipMs. Gayatri Gouda+91 98851 64693

VP Public

RelationsMs. Parul Jindal+91 99660 06482

Secretary Mr. Srinivas Addala+91 99499 90390

TreasurerMr. Kiran Kumar Elaprolu+91 98490 07620

Sergeant-at-armsMr. ShaileshDadaji Tikhat+91 99080 16253

EDITORIAL TEAM

CONTENTS


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to 3:00 PMto 3:00 PMto 3:00 PMto 3:00 PM

(every(every(every(every

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Wednesday).Wednesday).Wednesday).Wednesday).

elcome to the first issue of the CSC Hy-

derabad Chapter Toastmasters Quar-

terly newsletter!

On-site visits, appraisals, family issues - the list

goes on. Each one of us wishes we had more

time to catch up with all that and more. And in

that melee we tend to miss whats happening in

the world of Toastmasters. However, as all of us

have that constant urge to stay in touch with the

Toastmasters movement, we present you this

newsletter. We bring to you the latest news, tips

and articles in the form of this newsletter. I con-

gratulate the Editorial team Srinivas Tripurari

and Gayatri Gouda, for their efforts in bringing

this up.

2008 - was full of changes to Org. Chart of CSC.

Well, CSC Toastmasters too had many changes in

its own club movements. As the 2009 ap-

proached, with the help of some of the senior

Toastmasters - Janaki Prasad Pattanaik (JP), Jayan

Narayanan, Sridhar Arun Kumar; we could help

our club to be recognized by the Learning &

Development department of CSC. With

the arrival of 2009, we got the good

news from CSC Management

that 75% of the membership

fee would be sponsored by CSCand rest of the amount by the

individual Toastmasters. Now, to align

our club name with all other clubs in CSC India

locations, we did the reincarnation ofCSC Toast-

masters club to CSC Hyderabad Chapter Toast-

masters club.

The contribution of each and every member,

their value addition to each meeting is one of the

key to our clubs success. You could hardly see

any fear in the eyes of Toastmasters as they have

led themselves as better communicators and

better leaders.

Just CSC club - thats not the end. We visit other

corporate clubs like - Deloitte, IBM, Infosys, Syn-

opsis, Amazon and many more. We also attend

the meetings of community clubs, thus, getting a

chance to meet people from different back-

ground; leading people from various groups.

Where else do you get a chance like this?

Not only that, we attend the Division confer-

ences where we get a chance to meet TMs from

India as well as from Sri Lanka. With 18 partici-

pants from CSC at OraFest 09 - the division con-ference, we feel proud to say that Anoop Rama-

nathan and Naga Ravi Vasamsetty have become

the winners ofInternational Prepared Speech

Contest 09 and Humorous Speech Contest 08,

at the Area level. Also the contributions from

Sridhar Arun Kumar, Gayatri Gouda and Shailesh

Dadaji Tikhat have made significant difference in

conducting the conference.

I am happy to announce that we are already a

Distinguished club in Hyderabad. I congratulate

and thank Parul Jindal, Sridhar Arun Kumar,

Anoop Ramanathan and Gayatri Gouda for their

significant milestones in the Educa-

tion of Toastmasters.

Soon we will have our new

Employee Committee (EC)

installed. Thus, I thank the cur-

rent Club Officers and also thank the

special contributions of Lateef Ahmed

Khan Mohammed, Rajan Kumar Patel and

Archana Singh. Without this team the club would

not have reached to its place where we stand

today.

Lastly, my sincere advice to all the Toastmasters

is to strictly follow the Toastmaster principles.

Use the manuals put into execution and the only

possible result would be Successful Communica-

tors and Leaders.

Happy Reading!!!

President

Mahesh Reddy Pathigari

W

The future is muchThe future is muchThe future is muchThe future is much

like the present,like the present,like the present,like the present,

only longer.only longer.only longer.only longer.

~ Dan Quisenberry~ Dan Quisenberry~ Dan Quisenberry~ Dan Quisenberry

FROM THE

PRESIDENTS

DESK

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Think of giving, not asThink of giving, not asThink of giving, not asThink of giving, not as

a duty, but as aa duty, but as aa duty, but as aa duty, but as aprivilege.privilege.privilege.privilege.

~ John D. Rockefeller Jr.~ John D. Rockefeller Jr.~ John D. Rockefeller Jr.~ John D. Rockefeller Jr.

When you want something bad enough, the

whole world conspires to make it happen.

his is a saying that I recently heard in aToastmasters meeting. I can see how that is

true in CSC Hyderabad Toastmaster Chapters

case. A couple of years ago we were struggling.

Thankfully, by an interesting twist of circum-

stance, we were blessed with a strong EC and a

good mentor. A little after that, we were looking

to institutionalize the club-make it a part of the

CSC scheme of things. Thats when CSC acquired

Covansys. As luck would have it, Covansys had a

very strong Toastmasters movement which was

supported by the Covansys management. Now

those same benefits have been bestowed upon

us! As I said earlier, when you want something

bad enough!!

What next for us? I humbly submit before you

some thoughts I have had for a while. All of us-

the EC and the members- need to recognize the

fact that when CSC invests resources into our

chapter, it becomes our responsibility to give

something back to CSC. But how do we give

back? Simple! By being good Toastmasters. By

attending meetings regularly, by giving our pro-

jects on time, by improving the quality of our

speeches, by helping new Toastmasters preparefor their speeches, by participating and winning

in contests, by organizing area and division

events, by helping the newsletter editor etc. As

we do all of these activities, our skills, abilities

and confidence improve and thats exactly what

CSC expects! By being good Toastmasters, we are

helping CSC achieve results.

But thats just the 30 of our members who bene-

fit. What about the other 4000 employees at CSC

Hyderabad? What are we doing to train them?

How are we helping CSC secure new business?

How are we helping CSC reduce its training

costs? Here are some ways that we can help CSC:

By running Speech Craft programs to non-

Toastmaster CSC employees. Speech craft is a

crisp 4-8 week program on public speaking. It will

help our employees-both senior and junior- face

the customers or participate in conferences. It

will help them become better internal trainers. I

hope our chapter runs a Speech Craft program in

FY10. If you are interested in becoming a Speech

Craft trainer, please complete your CC ASAP and

give a ring to President, TM Mahesh.

One of the modules in the Advanced Speaker

series is about motivating a Sales force. Motivat-

ing a sales team is not a simple thing. As some of

our members progress along the ACB/ACS path,

we will need to become competent enough to

understand the CSC sales process and be able to

motivate sales teams.

CSC spends lakhs of rupees every year in hiring

external trainers to do soft skill courses on vari-

ous topics like Interpersonal communication,

Leadership, Public speaking, Motivation, Team

building etc. As we move up the Communication

and leadership track, we need to prepare mod-

ules on these topics and be able to deliver it in

place of the external consultants. This will help

CSC control its training budget, especially in this

recession period.

These are just some of the ways we can give back

to an organization that has supported us so

much. CSC has given us the venue, the financing

and the backing to achieve our goals. It is now

time to give back! Thats what is next for CSC

Hyderabad Chapter!!

T

By Sridhar Arun Kumar, CL

CSCCSCCSCCSC

spendsspendsspendsspends

lakhs oflakhs oflakhs oflakhs of

rupeesrupeesrupeesrupees

every yearevery yearevery yearevery year

in hiringin hiringin hiringin hiring

externalexternalexternalexternaltrainers totrainers totrainers totrainers to

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GIVING BACK!



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Fall seven times, stand up eight.Fall seven times, stand up eight.Fall seven times, stand up eight.Fall seven times, stand up eight.

~ Japanese proverb~ Japanese proverb~ Japanese proverb~ Japanese proverb

epressed, Dejected and Downhearted

werent sufficient adjectives to describe

my mood a month ago. It happened first time in

my life that I suffered few personal setbacks andhit professional ceilings. It was so severe and

painful that I started questioning every decision

of mine. The mind preoccupied with past, filled

my present with sorrow; and it looked all dark

from whichever direction I tried to look into my

future. Just then my confidant reminded me of

who was I and where I am going.

True to notion of cosmic connection, Diyanath

Ali, a friend and fellow toastmaster, showed up

on Gtalk. I asked him about his next adventure

trip to Himalayas and he promptly referred me

to: http://www.meetup.com/hyderabad-

adventurers. This group planned preparatory

trek atAnanthagiri Hills , Vikarabad.

It became a God sent opportunity to set the

things right in my life. I was unable to sleep the

previous night in sheer excitement of going to

trek. Our convoy-3 cars started journey at 5.40

AM and reached Vikarabadat 7.00 AM. The

weather took us by surprise. It was drizzling and

the Sun was on leave. The conducive weather did

let us trek two scenic hills ofAnanthagiri. We had

our lunch at picturesque Naga Samunderlake.

After we returned to Hyderabad, I had a sense of

regaining my vigor; I could recall my own hero-

ism and achievements. I reminded myself, inlife, direction of thinking should be forward and

not backward, however painful the past is.

Whenever I feel de-focused in life, I take solace

in lines of Lord Byron:

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods;

There is rapture on the lonely shore;

There is society, where none intrudes,

by the deep sea, and music in its roar;

I love not man the less, but Nature more

P.S: This story would have never been known to

you, without the relentless and egoless pursuit of

Chief Editor, TM Srinivas. Friends such as him,

make it worthwhile to live in pretentious world

;-)

By Rajan Kumar Patel

D

After weAfter weAfter weAfter we

returned toreturned toreturned toreturned to

Hyderabad,Hyderabad,Hyderabad,Hyderabad,

I had aI had aI had aI had a

sense ofsense ofsense ofsense of

regainingregainingregainingregaining

my vigor.my vigor.my vigor.my vigor.

MOMENT

OF TRUTH!


Name e-Mail ID Bday

Ms. Archana Singh [email protected] 01 May

Ms. QamarSultana Mohammed [email protected] 30 May

Ms. Divya Priyanka Sinha [email protected] 20 June

Ms. Mudita Rana [email protected] 23 June

Ms. Anu Suthakaran [email protected] 11 July

Mr. Somnath Bose [email protected] 20 July

Mr. Srinivas Tripurari [email protected] 22 July

Mr. Kaustubh Vivek Khole [email protected] 30 July

CAKES ON THE WAY...


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For me theFor me theFor me theFor me the

mostmostmostmost

valuablevaluablevaluablevaluabletake awaytake awaytake awaytake away

from TM is,from TM is,from TM is,from TM is,

the peoplethe peoplethe peoplethe people

that I meet.that I meet.that I meet.that I meet.

By Gayatri Gouda, CL

Winner at Area F2Winner at Area F2Winner at Area F2Winner at Area F2

ToastmastersToastmastersToastmastersToastmasters

Area levelArea levelArea levelArea level ---- InternationalInternationalInternationalInternational

Prepared Speech ContestPrepared Speech ContestPrepared Speech ContestPrepared Speech Contest

&&&&

Club levelClub levelClub levelClub level ---- International TableInternational TableInternational TableInternational Table

Topics Speech Contest.Topics Speech Contest.Topics Speech Contest.Topics Speech Contest.

KNOW TM

ANOOP!


ow did you come to know about Toastmas-

ters?

Toastmasters is something that I have been in-

troduced to when I was in my early teens. I wasbrought up in Bahrain and we had this special

Youth leadership program there. It was started

by a Toastmaster from India. That inspired me to

know more about TMI, even when I was a kid.

When did you join CSC TMs club?

I joined CSC TMs club in 2006, just year after it

was founded by Arun and his team.

What are your expectations from Toastmasters?

Even today after being an active TM for about a

year; I feel there is a lot to learn by giving a

speech, by entertaining an audience, by grabbing

the audiences interest and I want to improve

more on that.

You were away from TM club in Hyderabad for

almost a year in CSC TM. How did you manage

to continue Toastmastering?

I have been to Copenhagen, Denmark, for about

an year because of work commitments. How-

ever, after I settled there, I searched for TM

clubs; and luckily I could find one. They met once

every week and every alternate meeting was in

English / Danish languages.

How has been your experience with Toastmas-

ters till now?

The most beautiful part of my Toastmastering is

in seeing how it has changed in these two years.

We started the club as Old Boyz club and now

what I see is completely different. Structured;

Well-organised; Contests; Division Conferences

are the words to describe it. The old days were

like few guys in the room; no females (giggles).

Now I see energetic TMs driving the club and

setting higher standards.

How do you feel being a toastmaster?

For me the most valuable take away from TM is,

the people that I meet. After I became a part of

the club, I have met/seen a lot of people, have

interacted with many friends. When living with

your roomies, away from your family, the one

thing that keeps you mentally stable is socialis-

ing with people. The human networking is the

biggest asset of TM.

So, Human Networking - motivates you to be a

part of Toastmasters?

A big Yes. You tend to learn a lot from the peo-

ple you socialise with.

You are a CC now and have won the Club level

and the Area level Prepared Speech Contest.

How do you feel about it?

There are two people who are behind these suc-

cesses. They didnt let me sleep; they made sure I

won the speeches. The CC, the awards belong to

those people more than me. That's why I was

pointing towards the human networking. Now,

you already know who they are. Right!! I can

hear you giggle. Well, the credit goes to all the

TMs including Mahesh and Gayatri who gave me

constant encouragement and support.

Tell us something about your participation in

International Speech Contest, oraFest09.

It taught me a lot about speaking on stage. I was

pretty cool just before the contest

began. As my

turn was

com-

ing, I

started

feeling

more andmore tensed.

I discovered that even

after being a TM for

more than a year, au-

dience still excites me.

No matter how many years you speak, how many

audiences you charm there are still new audi-

ence that make me sweat. I want to work on this;

I want to expose myself to variety of audiences. I

feel its a right time for me to visit all other clubs

in Division F.

Any Message for the New Members?

To the new TMs - TM is more than stage for you

to speak up. It is a platform for people to interact

and to learn from each other, to be open to dif-

ferent ideas and opinion.

Thank you Anoop for your time and for the wonderful interview. It has

been a pleasure to know more about you.

Signing off Gayatri

H


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CSC isCSC isCSC isCSC is

counted ascounted ascounted ascounted as

one of theone of theone of theone of the

bestbestbestbest

corporatecorporatecorporatecorporate

clubs inclubs inclubs inclubs in

Division F.Division F.Division F.Division F.

By Shivakumar Keskar

orporate Toastmastering is not a straight

and easy game. There is always this urgent

work that pops up at the last moment and stops

you from making it to the TM club meeting. Verysurprisingly this phenomenon stands its ground

in spite of the toastmasters philosophy,

Your potential is limitedonly by the number of

excuses you have.

There are very few corporate toastmasters who

have made their mark in their respective dis-

tricts. What sets them apart is a burning passion

for Toastmastering and their determination and

perseverance in pursing Toastmastering in the

face of all work place challenges.

Sridhar Arun Kumar

from CSC is definitely

one such Toastmaster.

Arun, a TM since April of

2006, is one of the founder

members of the CSC TM Club at

Hyderabad. Today, almost three years

later, Arun not only continues to be an ac-

tive member but also constantly raises the

bar for the overall performance of the club

through personal example and mentoring.

In its initial days the club ran meetings with very

little guidance from outside. There were no ex-

perts within the club to guide the members and

therefore the quality of meetings ranged from

poor to average.

For the year 2007-2008 Arun was chosen the

president of the club. In a short while Arun took

on the challenges that were hogging the club at

that time. He started going out to the other clubs

in the area and meeting with some of the vet-

eran toastmasters there. His acquaintance with

TM Dr. Prasad was not only a turning point for

himself but also for the club.

With constant reach-outs from the office bearers

TM Dr. Prasad visited the CSC TM club several

times and gave the club some real honest feed-

back. Arun and his team took these very con-

structively and worked diligently towards the

quality of speeches and evaluations. Mentorship

has become a mantra that everyone has caught

up with.

The club has come a long way today. CSC iscounted as one of the best corporate clubs in

Division F. It would not at all be an overstate-

ment to say that Arun has a lot to do with that.

So what are the key takeaways for other toast-

masters from Aruns experiences?

Take initiatives to do a job well, dont hang your

effort on the payback From organizing meet-

ings to finding the right people to drive TM

awareness in the company Arun has gone out to

do all of it without waiting to see what is in it for

me. That attitude sure

pays immensely.

Ask when in doubt In

spite of all the leader-

ship responsibilities and

achievements including a well

earned CL, Arun never carries the

know-it-all attitude. Approaching the

neighboring clubs for help was a powerful

move. It sure made a difference to him, but

it also changed the club for good forever.

There are several more things to learn from this

toastmaster if you could work closely with him.

Arun is truly living what he once said to a veteran

toastmaster about his passion for Toastmaster-

ing, I want to be a Toastmaster for life.

C

We make a living by what we get,We make a living by what we get,We make a living by what we get,We make a living by what we get,

but we make a life by what we give.but we make a life by what we give.but we make a life by what we give.but we make a life by what we give.

~ Winston Churchill~ Winston Churchill~ Winston Churchill~ Winston Churchill

TOASTINGA TOASTMASTER!


Location Contact Person

Hyderabad Mahesh Reddy Pathigari ([email protected])

Chennai Janaki Prasad Pattanaik ([email protected])

Bangalore Dharmendra Saxena ([email protected])

Noida Sumit Kumar ([email protected])

CSC TOASTMASTERS -OTHER CHAPTERS


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By Deepika Kadel

YourYourYourYour

thoughtthoughtthoughtthought

becomesbecomesbecomesbecomesyouryouryouryour

action, andaction, andaction, andaction, and

youryouryouryour

actionactionactionaction

representsrepresentsrepresentsrepresents

you.you.you.you.

Attitudes are contagious.Attitudes are contagious.Attitudes are contagious.Attitudes are contagious.

Are yours worthAre yours worthAre yours worthAre yours worth

catching?catching?catching?catching?

~ Dennis and Wendy~ Dennis and Wendy~ Dennis and Wendy~ Dennis and Wendy

ManneringManneringManneringMannering

ou might have heard people saying Mind

your behavior, Mind your language. Have

you ever heard them saying 'Mind your

thoughts? Well, I say - Mind your thoughts!!.

Your thoughts are the carrier that carries every-

thing whether it is positive or negative inside

your brain. Once it is processed it is accepted and

information is stored. You become what you

think and it is indeed true.

Life is not always fair, I accept, but that is why we

call it Life!. Everything is unexpected here. One

should not expect anything from life. When you

don't expect anything from life, every moment

becomes a surprise; and surprise bringsHappi-ness. You can only learn from your past, if you

are willing to. It is Over and - there is no reason

in weeping over it. No one has seen the future;

You can do whatever you want, with your Pre-

sentonly. But one thing is there - your future will

unfold to its best if You constantly build a pow-

erful foundation of positive present for it to rest

on.

A positive mind anticipates health, joy, happiness

and a successful outcome of every situation and

action. Whatever the mind expects, it finds. It is

quite common to hear people say, 'Think Posi-tive!', to someone who is feeling low. Most of the

people do not really take these words seriously

as they don't know what it means, or they don't

consider them useful and effective.

In order to turn your mind to positive and con-

structive side, inner work and training is re-

quired, because a person's attitude and thoughts

don't change overnight. It is said that we are

never given a wish without the power to fulfill it.

Each person is capable of programming his own

mind to achieve what he desires. But the ques-

tion arises, why is it easy to be a negative thinker

than a positive one?What is inside all of us that

generally pull us to negative side of things?We

attend seminars on positive thinking, read books,

purchase CDs and life seem to go on a right track

for a while and then suddenly something hap-

pens that sends us back to land of negative think-

ing. It doesn't have to be a major, catastrophic

event to send us back reeling all over again. It

could be simple thing such as - your day didn't go

the way you anticipated or some one suddenly

overtook you in the traffic. This never ending

cycle continues because the source is not ad-

dressed properly and we are trapped in infiniteloop.

It takes a lot of hard work to pretend that every-

thing is going well, however deep inside you

know it won't take longer for the issues to creep

up and negative thoughts to replace the positive

ones. Is there any solution for this? Yes. Every

problem has a solution. Your thinking process

can make life much easier. What you think, is

how you act. Your thought becomes your action,

and your action represents you. So if you want to

change yourself, change your thoughts. Your

body follows where your mind takes it, so in-

stead of leaving it on chance, better program it

towards positive way.

Its fun to be around positive thinkers. No matter

what happens they will not let even a single

negative thought to enter inside their mind.

Avoid the company of people who always com-

plain. Avoid complaining about anything and

everything. Look for positive thinkers - people

who see opportunities even in failures. I am sure

your world would be much better than what you

have now; your thoughts would be much clearerthan what you have now.

YMIND YOURTHOUGHTS!



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ere I share the story of a small frog. When I

was a fresher, this story shaped my thoughts

and my career. How it did? - Ill not it reveal

now!!

There was a bunch of tiny frogs who arranged a

climbing competition. The goal was to reach the

top of a very high telephone tower. Some of the

frogs preferred to be spectators. No one in the

crowd really believed that the tiny frogs would

reach the top of the tower.

The competition started. The specta-

tors started shouting, Oh, way too

difficult!! They will never make to the

top. Not a chance that they will suc-

ceed. The tower is too high! Some of

the frogs began collapsing by hearing

this.

The crowd started yelling, It is too difficult!! No

one will make it! Some more collapsed. Some of

the frogs reached higher with their fresh tempo.

After a while some of the frogs got tired and said,

I am too tired! I dont think I would be able to do

it any more. I withdraw. And they retired back.

By seeing this some more too said, They werent

able to do; how can we do? Not possible! Letsgo back. And they too withdrew.

Now, there are only three frogs left. Two were

too tired and were discouraged by the act of oth-

ers and they too started blaming themselves for

why they participated in this. Its waste of time

and effort. Lets join others! And they stopped

moving up.

The other tiny frog, unaware of whats happen-ing, kept on moving ahead. The rest of the two

frogs started yelling, Hey, You! Come, lets go

back. You are wasting your time. What will you

achieve by doing this? Come on!! There was no

reaction; the other frog still moved up. And fi-

nally he reached to the top and took a view of

the entire area from there. It was nice to be in

top of every one. He looked down and saw

the other frogs clapping and waving.

He came down and when asked what

kept him motivated to reach the top,

there was no reaction. Finally it was

found that the frog is a DEAF!!

Now, this story was told to me by my

senior Anchal Agrawal, when I was se-

lected to work on Lotus Notes technology. I was

worried for how would my career shape in. She

made me realize that, It doesnt matter what

kind of job you do. What matters is how well you

do that job! You may be assigned a sculptors

job, however, do it in such a way that even the

Lord says, heres this sculptor who created me

out of the rock!

People would say that, You wont be able to do

this work. This job is not your cup of tea! But

believe me, even the CEOs were Freshers one

day. So strive for your goal like that deaf frog.

Way to go!!

Even theEven theEven theEven the

CEOsCEOsCEOsCEOs

werewerewerewere

FreshersFreshersFreshersFreshers

one day.one day.one day.one day.

HBy Gayatri Gouda, CL

SUCCESS

MANTRA!

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To know some statistics about TMI visit:http://sixminutes.dlugan.com/2009/02/11/toastmasters-who-what-when-where-why-how/

A website which can help you improve your vocabulary:http://www.tfd.com/


We are on the web now!

http://1clickideas.co.uk/toastmasters.html


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issionToastmasters International is the leading movement

devoted to making effective oral communication a worldwide

reality.

Through its member clubs, Toastmasters International helpsmen and women learn the arts of speaking, listening and

thinking vital skills that promote self-actualization, enhance

leadership potential, foster human understanding and con-

tribute to the betterment of mankind.

It is basic to this mission that Toastmasters International con-

tinually expand its worldwide network of clubs, thereby offer-

ing ever-greater numbers of people the opportunity to benefit

from its programs.

isionToastmasters International empowers people to achieve

their full potential and realize their dreams. Through our mem-

ber clubs, people throughout the world can improve their com-

munication and leadership skills, and find the courage to

change.

aluesToastmasters Internationals core values are integrity,

dedication to excellence, service to the member and respect

for the individual. These are values worthy of a great organiza-

tion, and we believe we should incorporate them as anchor

points in every decision we make. Our core values provide us

with a means of not only guiding but also evaluating our opera-

tions, our planning and our vision for the future.

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Until Next Newsletter.

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of championsof championsof championsof champions

~ Ken~ Ken~ Ken~ Ken

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elcome to Toastmasters World!!Welcome to the world of energetic, en-

thusiastic speakers and leaders. A world where

the energy is so contagious that it

doesnt let any scope for lazinessor boredom in your life. Ask the

Toastmasters how do they spend

their time on weekends. The an-

swer would be, its hard to be away

from Toastmasters, so I steal some-

time to visit the clubs other than my

own.

Now, I wish that the amount of effort every

Toastmaster has put in to bring this first edition

of Speakers Pen!, would help you savor some

good thoughts, some valuable information. This

is the first step we have taken. Theres more to

step ahead. I thank Emily R Cooperfor helping

me refine this newsletter as per the CSC Brand

Guidelines. I thank Srinivas for the constant sup-

port and help.

We believe in - delivery and then feed-

back about what we delivered. We have

already delivered you this. Now its time

for the Feedback. We would love to hear

from you about how we could make this

newsletter even better. If you had a

nice time reading this newsletter / if

you want to share your views/suggestions,

please drop an email to: Srinivas

([email protected]) or myself

([email protected]). Signing off!!

Assistant Editor

Gayatri Gouda

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