Adam Lipsky
Adam Lipsky
President of Rich-Del Toastmasters (2005-2006)
Great speakers are seen as leaders in their community, successful in their workplace, and enriched in life. Very few people are natural speakers; public speaking is a skill you develop not one that you are born with. The key to success is to make your weakest link your strongest link. If you can conquer your fears you become yourself; the person who you want to be.
I had many excuses before joining Toastmasters: I am too busy, Toastmasters is too scary, I will join later. In 1998, I swore to never public speak again. Over the years, every speaking opportunity I missed compounded my fear of failing. Then I realized, “The key to success is to make your weakest link your strongest link” (or at least try).
Toastmaster’s challenges the mind and lifts the spirit. A meeting is a battlefront for courage vs. fear. Beginner speakers wade into the fog of war, with uncertainty in the mist. With experience one transforms into a confident speaker that emanates a beacon of hope. That beacon can be you; all you have to do is join.