Glenna Salsbury

Asbolutely fantastic! One of my favourite speakers at the international GSA Convention in Salzburg was Mrs. Glenna Salsbury

She was honest, emotional, and inspirational. She was telling her story, with a lot of passion. In this “series” I will be summarazing my notes from my messy convention papersheets and put them down into my blog so that I will remember the points at anytime ;-). The convention as such was awesome. I never had the opportunity to listen to so great speakers in my life; and Glenna Salsbury was definetely one of them. Here are some major points of her presentation: “Leaving a lasting Legancy”

Discover your calling!

1) Events of Significance

2) Persons of Significance

3) Values of Significance

4) Significant Purpose

5) Significant Passion

Delight your audiences

1) Tell spellbinding Stories

2) Utilize Powerful Rhytm

3) Bring Elevating Laughter

Dare to Dig Deeper

1) Sift through your past experiences

2) Seek personal growth oppportunities and experiences

3) See if you are walking your talk

Worth Remembering:

“A legacy worth leaving is founded upon our standard of life, not our standard of living. A legacy worth leaving is founded upon our measure of giving, not our measure of getting…and upon our simple goodness…not our climb to greatness”

Glenna’s core message throughout her great speech was that we should focus on the positive and meaningful 80% in our lives, and not on the 20% that doesnt work. And the same in partnership - we should focus on the good things and not on the 20% mess.  We should wake up every morning starting our day with the positive energy. What I really liked was when she asked the audience: What is your passion? What word(s) would you write on your T-Shirt? What is your most important core message in life? I would probably write:

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE

or

SUCCESS IS A MINDSET

Thats my calling. That is mostly my core message in my own speeches & presentations. That is so me.

At the 2007 Toastmasters International Conference in the USA the keynote speaker, W. Mitchell, delivered an inspirational speech. If you think life is tough for you; watch this video:

http://www.wmitchell.com/superhuman.html

We get too often overwhelmed with small probelms, obstacles and daily life challenges and forget to enjoy the fruits of life. Mitchell’s story puts your problems in another perspective. Watch the video, and spend some time thinking about his message: ”It is not what happens to you that matters, it is what you do about it.”

On last Stuarday I participated at the TM International Speech Contest (Area Level incl. Austria and Hungary), and was very lucky to win. It was such a funny and ackward situation, as I did my speech about SUCCESS with a baby-doll, and this doll was a talking doll and it was talking all the time. Naturally I tested this doll before the speech contest at home, and that time it did not say a word, I promise! But now in front of the audience at the Hilton Plaza Hotel Vienna, the doll just did not shut up. It was a huge challenge to me to go through my speech without losing focus. And it was perhaps the most challenging speech I have ever made; it involved so much acting skills and impromptu as I never knew when and what the baby doll says…it just always suddenly happened during the speech. I was just very happy and especially I was relieved when the speech was over. If I travel to Nürnberg to represent our Area at the Division Contest, I consider taking another baby doll with me, a one that doesn’t talk that much…

By the way this photo was made by Apple iPhone and I was surprised to see that the quality level was nothing to write home about…

Aftermath and relaxed: Me and Charlie La Fond, CEO Business Language Center