Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • over communicate.

    Stay in communication … . You are not in communication…. Keep people in the loop …. I have heard a lot of this both in the Toastmasters and the Landmark forum. Call XYZ says the coach, if he does not call again keep doing so until he does well that sounds like a telemarketer and…

  • Migrant workers.

    When we say migrant workers, the picture that emerges is slum dwelling semi-literate or illiterate people in unskilled sector but most of us are migrant worker and migration occurs across socio- economic strata, the motivation could be survival or conquest of new horizons, but yesterday’s nomad still lives in us as the migratory. 1997 dec.18th…

  • Och! bortha

    The fore front is dominated by hundred things to do and address, there  is also troubleshooting. But things are not done, procrastination there is a background conversation that happens somewhere.  Something that hides right at the back. Its funny we ponder and try to answer ultimate questions, probably because it saves the trouble of answering…

  • the Cinderella story

    www.shoppersstop.com The town if you could call it was a congregation of a few motley houses, and a church. Though some time back affluent Portuguese families lived here now it was just heritage houses. Charles and his sister charlotte had come to this town as Charles had recover from an accident. He was the greatest…

  • Demonstration speech

    Demonstration speech; Demonstration speeches are staples in high school, college, corporate and other training environments. They are a popular form used in forums like toastmasters.  Essentially we need to look at the elements of a demo speech. A demonstration speech is where the speaker’s primary purpose is to teach the audience how to complete a…

  • Goa YMCA toastmasters

    Originally posted on toastmasters chronicle:                                                                                                                                                                        BEFORE  TOASTMASTERS                  AFTER TOASTMASTERS I  have  had a very interesting journey   while completing   my  competent communication manual . My  membership  happened by accident  as I  was  attending  the meetings  as a  guest  since my wife was a  member .  A  new club was  to be formed at Mapuca…

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