I’ve been giving some thought this past week to my last Toastmasters meeting. It seems rather unfair that I have the ability to run late into a meeting, spew out a speech that has not even been rehearsed, and come up with a top placed speech. Now, I’m not necessarily suggesting that this is unfair to the other contestants, but rather I am being unfair to myself and not respecting my own potential to actually put the work into it and really shine. Next week, our club meeting will consist of a speech-a-thon. Rather than waltzing in and delivering a speech for the sole purpose of fulfilling my speech #10 for my CC award, I am going to try with the utmost sincerity to inspire my audience and deliver a finished “product” as opposed to a string of creative and off-the-cuff words that are not as smooth as they could be.