“Are you Japanese?”
Sometimes, people ask me the question. Then I say, “How do you define Japanese?”
Sometimes, people ask me the question. Then I say, “How do you define Japanese?”
 Ram Dass is an American spiritual teacher, former academic and clinical psychologist, and the author of the seminal 1971 book Be Here Now. ( WikiPedia)
 It was in 2012 when I attended Toastmasters International Convention for the first time. Toastmasters International is a non-profit educational organization, where people learn public speaking and leadership.
 It was in 2011 when I set my goal to be a speaker and now in 2018. It's strange to say that I am stunned by the goal I set. But it's true.
 I had never met a person who was a vegetarian until 2010, when I met one for the first time in Hawaii. He looked like Abraham Lincoln, tall and skinny and he was one of teachers of an English program I took.
 Living with English is not easy and that's fine. There is a certain area where it is harder to do so. Which is numbers! Phone numbers, arithmetic, multiplication table etc.
 English language is a must have skill for me to reach my goal. Not just conversational level but the level of professional.
 Even though I set my goal to be a speaker in 2011, I didn't get much progress until I met Bob Proctor.
 Toastmasters was a good place to immerse myself with English. But it was not enough for me to close the gap between where I was and where I wanted to be.
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AuthorBob Ishida, born and raised in Japan, is a human potential researcher, globalization advocate, speaker, entrepreneur, lover, father, husband and a child. Archives
7 月 2018
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