We have the recession, and we asked what the government of this country could do for us.
And so the government has responded in the 2009 budget by giving Singaporeans:
Additional GST credit
Service and Conservancy Charges Rebates
Tax assistance to households
Increase in additional CFP housing grant
Financial assistance for students and a few others….
We have jobs instability, and we asked what our company could do for us.
And so our companies responded by offering the employees to retain our jobs:
Using the Job Credit Scheme and/or
Shorter work week
A pay-cut across the board
We have our Toastmasters club and we asked what the club could do for us.
Our Club provides:
a conducive environment where members meet up once a month to practise public speaking techniques
Mentors to guide you through your Competent Communication manual, which is a series of 10 self-paced speaking assignments designed to instill a basic foundation in public speaking.
a chance to learn leadership skills by taking on various meetings roles and serving as officers at clubs and district levels, and by working in the Competent Leadership manual and the High Performance Leadership program.
a feedback process by asking members to evaluate one another presentations.
Despite all these offers of solutions, we often question if what they have done are enough.
We always feel that the government should do more... our companies should do more and our club should do more too.
More never seems to be enough.
We have the recession, and we asked what the government of this country could do for us.
We have jobs instability, and we asked what our company could do for us.
We have our toastmasters club and we asked what the club could do for us.
You see, there is never an "ENOUGH" in life. Our success in life depends on how we respond to life's challenges. We have a choice. We can decide to continue to passively wait for things to happen, or decide today to be proactively seeking to make a positive difference to our life. It is only by doing so that we can create a positive and bright future together.
Let's us start to ask ourselves, "What can I do better?"
Let's not ask what the club can do for us but what we can do for the club.
And how exactly can we do so? We can by:
Faithfully attend the monthly chapter meeting
Completing our Competent Communicator Manual and/or the advanced manual
Learning leadership skills by taking on various meetings roles and serving as officers at clubs and district levels
Learning from a different perspective by evaluating members.
Let's start to embrace challenges together and contribute!
We wish to thank our club members like Mike, Peng and Jun who served as evaluators. We also thank Madeline who served as the toastmaster of the evening. Also the club was honored to have a pioneer member attend the club meeting - Asha.
