Are you using your brain to manage your day? My Toastmaster friend handed me some papers and asked me to submit his work to Toastmasters International for a leadership award. I’ll call him Christopher.
Christopher had met the requirements for his Advanced Leader Bronze award. I am an officer in our club and told him that I would be glad to submit his application.
He was missing some required information
At my desk later I looked over the paperwork and realized that I was missing some information. The application asked for two dates that I did not have.
• The date he had attended a club-officer training program
• The date that he had helped prepare a Club Success Plan.
I have served alongside Christopher as an officer in our Toastmasters club for several years. I knew that he had met his requirements. I was unsure of his dates.
I called and asked for them. He could not remember. “Can you check your calendar?” I asked. “I don’t use a calendar” he replied.
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