MINUS
Good afternoon fellow Toast masters and Guests
Welcome to our vTalk toast master meeting number #440
We are at the last month of 2024.
What has been so special about 2024 with regards to every one of us here?
<Wait for audience to respond and then advocate for the event you have in your mind. By that time it was Toast master 100th year celebration.
Centennial celebration – Encompassing event – Yeah tomorrow we have F cube
Fun , Festivities & Food>
Make sure to get an immersive experience as it will take another 100 years for this centennial to happen
The other uniqueness of 2024 includes
1 year with (Common milestone for VMware employees)- – Absolutely there has been a lot of uncertainties sticking around with us.
With god’s grace and our support system we have successfully accomplished 1-year milestone
Through out this journey We come across so many circumstances, so many peoples and so many stories
Just like life, Mathematics is also loaded with so many operators +, – , *, division, integration and what not.
What is your top pick out of these operators and why ?
what’s your number one choice and why ?
Which operator resonates with you the most and why ?
<Wait for the audience to respond. Obviously, everyone would be fond of + and *>
It makes evident – everyone appreciates the +, few have soft spot for multiplication.
No one is drawn to minus/ division ?
These general choices, and universal appeal have always excited me to question why do need a minus then?
It’s well known that everyone
aims to grow;
wishes to succeed;
wants to make a meaningful impact;
strives to find meaning and happiness in our journey
We always seek fulfilment and aim to leave a lasting legacy.
Then how could this minus play a role ??
Before shedding light on our theme “Minus” today” I would like to outline the agenda of every Toast master meeting
Every Toast master meeting has 3 segment
- Prepared speeches – Where Speakers prepare their speeches before hand and Perform
- Table Topics speeches – Where our guest and everyone can volunteer to speak
- Evaluation and Feedback – To identify our strength and areas of improvement
For this evaluation and feedback we have Toast master <General Evaluator’s name and club details if they are from different club>
(General Evaluator Introduction goes here)
I request Toast master <GE’s name> to take over the dais and introduce yourself, your role and your TAG team players
<GE takes over the stage, details the role, introduces the TAG team one by one and they elucidate their role>
Thank you General Evaluator and TAG team players for getting into the details of your roles
2024 holds a notable and remarkable place in my Diary.
It was new to have nomadic experience through out the year. You know why ?
Yes just because swiping our attendance at office is mandatory. I started travelling more. One such Friday I was travelling via electric train.
Fringes of people boarded the train with me. Many were busy scrolling the reels, watching the youtube vedio, chit chatting, buying and selling, bargaining and all sort of actions were going on in the electric train. Imagine how noisy it would be .
I got a call from my friend. I was supposed to communicate one important info to my friend via the call. Is it a conducive environment for communication?
No!!
Anyone will be worried in that scene.
But there I noticed a person who was so happily communicating to the person at other end.
Communication was so seamless
How could this happen ?
How could someone be so productive in an unproductive environment ?
Before we ponder on How, we will move into the first segment of the Toast masters meeting.
That is prepared speeches
<Speaker 1>
Our first speaker for today is TM <Name of the Speaker 1>
He will be evaluated by TM <Name of Evaluator 1> from <club name if they are from diff club>
<Evaluator 1 intro goes here >
I request <Name of the Evaluator 1>to take over the stage and read out the evaluation criteria for DTM Sudheesh
Thank you <Evaluator 1>
<Speaker 1 intro goes here>
I request <Name of Speaker 1>to take over the stage to deliver his speech
<Name of Speaker 1> <Topic> <Topic> <Name of Speaker 1>
*** Speaker 1 delivers the speech ***
Thank you <Name of the speaker 1>
<Have few words of appreciation about the content of the speech delivered>
<Speaker 2>
Our next speaker for today is <Name of Speaker 2>
She will be evaluated by <Name of Evaluator 2>
<Evaluator2 intro goes here>
I request <Name of Evaluator 2> to detail the evaluation criteria for our Speaker 2
Thank you <Name of Evaluator 2>
<Speaker 2 intro goes here>
I request <Name of Speaker 2>to take over the stage to deliver his speech
<Name of Speaker 2> <Topic> <Topic> <Name of Speaker 2>
*** Speaker 2 delivers the speech ***
Thank you <Name of Speaker 2>
<Have some words of appreciation on the speech delivered by Speaker 2>
Coming back to our commutation scene
How could some person communicate without hiccups in that hostile environment?
<Let audience get engaged here with their responses>
Reality is – the person was deaf and dumb.
It was a vedio call they were communicating via sign language.
There was holistic happiness in their face. No complaints about the impairments.
Do we really spend a day without complaints? No! We keep talking more about the things that were cut, removed, and taken away from us
But remember one thing, When the Supreme Power grants you a minus – he also minus the noise associated with it, leaving you a considerable space to remain happy and productive.
My dear Toast masters – This is the lesson I learnt during that travel.
Whenever you think almighty/Nature has taken away, did a minus of any of ur belongings,
count all other possible minuses that has been taken away and contemplate on the plans to enrich youreslf
This is one scene, where the Supreme Power/ Almighty/ Nature takes away a minus.
Consider another situation where you are given a minus!
Like an annoying friend, pestering partner, nagging parent, overbearing relative , demanding boss, intrusive colleague etc
What would be the first human mentality?
When god bless with you such a minus ?
instead of fighting this rat race, there is one better, smart approach to tackle with this minus offered.
Before diving into that approach let’s move on to the next segment of our Toast master segment – Table topics.
Today’s Table topics master is <Name and intro of Table Topics master>
to conduct the table topics
***TTM Conducts the Table topics***
Thank you <Name of the TTM>
Back to our minus
You have a minus in your plate, we often tend to react, outburst, get demotivated
But that’s not the rationale behind offering you a minus.
The minus offered to you is to take away the minus from you
you can minus your procrastination with a demanding boss
you can minus your bad habits with a nagging parent
you can minus your loneliness/boredom/stress with an annoying friend
Always remember this cardinal or thumb rule, Minuses are not meant to put you down
u can put down the minus by let go of your other minuses
and That’s why we shout out the math as -*- = ?
<Audience would respond – Plus 😊>
On that note lets seek our General Evaluator to identify our Minus, provide feedback to improve it to a “+”
*** General Evaluator and TAG team shares their report and Feedback ***
Thank you General Evaluator and TAG team members
<Conclusion>
During one of my camping experience, a guest speaker made us aware the significance of “-“
Even, during our day to day life in this tenure, there was a minus in our resources,
but we invented ways to handle and yes we are able to make it up.
Gradually we streamlined the workflows
This makes it clear – it is preposterous to contemplate minus as a problem
Minus is an opportunity
Minus is a blessing in disguise
Minus is meant to bring out the best in you
WHEN WE CUT DOWN OUR UNNECESSARY
Having that in mind, Lets embrace the minus happily and make it a plus .
Ultimately Life is all yours and the power to change it lies within you
With that I hand over the stage to our President for closing notes