HEY YOU.. are you contesting?

3.Practice you planned ,trained Now it’s time to execute perfect your speed to the finesse Go to clubs and get feedback, rewrite reassemble rework your speech to make it effective

Know to whom you are reaching out to practice

Plan your speech Know what’s your purpose in the speech

Be clear what to do you want to convey through your speech Think what’s in it for me (wiifm) from audience perspective Equip your speech with a compelling genuine story which supports your message

“Write it “!!!!

If you feel your skill test is not enough to deliver a satisfactory speech Get the necessary training It can be writing a speech with purpose, using humor to connect, using body language to enhance your delivery, using vocal variety for clarity, using language to add meaning musicality to your speech ,Know the dynamics of judging criteria Get the help from your mentor or an expert in certain niche

“Reach out”!!!

4.Focus

Because practice doesn’t make you perfect Perfect practice makes you perfect “Practice to win expect to loose” 4

Contesting requires lethal focus because it’s a long term commitment

6-7 months constant work

Know your why to contest

“Why?”!!!

5.Discipline

In my point of view discipline is completing what you started

You can start with motivation but you need discipline to complete

There will be ups and down

You may you may loose

But discipline keeps you going

What matters is not what you lost what matters is what you learn from what you lost

Written by, TM Ravindu Amendra