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15 Aug 2017 (Tuesday) - Dealing with Judgement

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You might be wondering, what is going on with the title "Dealing with Judgement". The theme for our recent chapter meeting was on Evaluation. What is so special about evaluation? Henry Cloud mentioned "The natural response to evaluation is to feel judged. We have to mature to a place where we respond to it with gratitude, and love feedback." When we receive evaluation, or feedback, do we become defensive and ignore other's opinion? Or do we welcome them to improve ourselves? The chapter meeting was called to order at 7.15pm. Christina opened it up with an ice-breaker + table-topic spun together to get everyone comfortable. Within the first five minutes we had a variety of topics we spoke about! After which, our Club President, Vincent Chua, proceeded on with his opening address. The full team in action! That night, we had three speakers - Suroj on Project 3 (Get to the Point), Andy on Project 7 (Research your Topic) and Wai Kay on Project 9 (Persuade w...

01 August 2017 (Tuesday)

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01 August 2017 (Tuesday) - Braddell Heights TMC I Chapter Meeting We had four lovely three speakers last Tuesday - Andy, Dominic, Wai Kay as well as Peter Lee, CC. The first speaker, Andy, shared about his negative obsession with jogging and the effects of too much exercise. Dominic spoke and gave us a short rant about a series of unfortunate events that happened to him last Saturday but after attending another Toastmasters Meeting, the lively and energetic atmosphere left him relived and charged. Towards a more light-hearted topic, Wai Kay, through the usage of visual aids, brought us onto an amazing journey through different tourist attractions! Last, but not least, Peter Lee, CC, gave us a hilarious and humorous speech which left us with smiles on our faces! Following the prepared speeches, we had a short refreshment break and an evaluation session afterwards by the evaluators - Christina; Huiling; Jordan Li, as well as our President, Vincent where they gave wonderf...