Chester’s Tips for Success

In an earlier post entitled Knowing and Trusting Thyself, I described “knowing thyself” as a three step process involving: 1. Ignoring the general consensus, 2. Developing your own ideas and 3. Sticking with your own ideas. In this post I will share my thoughts on step 1. I’ve been studying Japanese language, culture, politics and [...]

It’s hard to believe four months have passed since first arriving in Saga. Time really does fly by fast! Although it has taken me some time to get settled in, I think Saga has started to grow on me. In fact, I would go so far as to say that Saga has been nothing short [...]

Yesterday I gave my first Toastmasters speech.  I think it went well, though I definitely spoke faster than I intended.  I find it funny how no matter what I do I still get a little nervous when getting up to speak.  But I still love it! Here’s the speech, please enjoy!
 
Hello everyone my name is [...]