by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
I don’t know if I can pinpoint the exact ‘how’ because there were several contributing factors. The first is that my mother is a teacher and I think she instilled in me a passion for adding value to people’s lives through knowledge transfer. The second is that I grew...
by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
I have always wanted to speak from as early as I can remember but I was lacking in confidence. I couldn’t see how I could ever muster the confidence to do so. I was terrified of speaking and avoided it all costs. My life-changing moment occurred when I relocated to...
by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
It all started when my French teacher, Mademoiselle Pedzisa, invited me to join the Debate Club in Form 2 at Prince Edward School. I started watching videos so that I can become a better speaker. When I was in Form 3, I stumbled on a speech by Mohammed Qahtani....
by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
I am from Good to Great Speakers Club, Division A. I have been a Toastmaster since August 2020. Honestly, I can’t trace it back to a particular time. However I grew up being a very outspoken child, so I believe I grew the confidence and competence over time as I got...
by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
I had always yearned to speak to a large audience yet I did not know how, until Garth Thomson delivered a Table-Topic to a team of interns that I was part of. Ever since that day, in November 2016, my passion and love for public speaking manifested itself in the form...
by excellence | May 9, 2021 | ----#StriveForProgress, Achieving Excellence - 9 May 2021 Special Edition, Achieving Excellence Posts
From a young age, as far back as primary school, I watched my cousin presenting as a journalist on Zambian TV and I admired her poise, speech and confidence. I didn’t know what it would take to speak like that but I was head over heels in love with the idea of...
