17: Connecting through Toastmasters and Travelling with Ron MacTavish Excuses to Connect

Ron MacTavish is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) and the VP of Membership for Dynamically Speaking Toastmasters. With over 15,600 clubs in the world, Toastmasters is an international organization for people to develop their public speaking and leadership skills. In this episode, we talk about how he’s built connections around his interests of Toastmasters, travelling, and books. He says: Don't go through your life wishing “I wonder what would have happened if I had talked to her or talked to him? It's far better to step out and try and make that connection than to live in regret.”

Highlights & Takeaways

How Toastmasters helped him advance his career within sales and management, and why he returned back after a 16-year break from Toastmasters
How Dynamically Speaking Toastmasters has actually thrived during the pandemic by now having members from all across the globe
Ron’s “Lit Gang” and why he asks people about what they’re reading
Why his favourite books are “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People” and the works of Leo Tolstoy
Why he takes literary tours when he travels to a country
The story of how Ron connected with someone in Burma because he chose to wear a Saskatchewan Roughriders shirt

Resources Mentioned

Contact Ron MacTavish: rbmacjack@yahoo.com
Dynamically Speaking Toastmasters
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Steven Covey
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

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