The
Society of Young Filipino Speakers (YFS) rolled out its first training
for members to hone their skills in motivational speaking. On October
10, the first batch of participants attended the Self-Discovery
workshop, which aims to help the members to discover and uncover their
personal stories, experiences and life lessons that can be used to
inspire and motivate others.
The half-day workshop was facilitated by
one of YFS mentors, Ada Cuaresma, who handled the first half of the
workshop. She led the participants through a series of writing
activities where they would write their life experiences and the lessons
they learned from those experiences. After some time for
self-reflection and writing, the participants took turns to share what
they have written during the activity.
Some of the self-reflecting activities
included writing what they have learned about leadership, money,
happiness and other aspects of life, lessons learned from first-time
experiences, and writing thank-you letters to people who have impacted
their life in a positive and negative way.
After a short break, YFS founder Pocholo
“The VoiceMaster” Gonzales inspired and motivated the participants on
discovering their life purpose, and how they can use their passion and
skill to be of service to others. He encouraged them to think of public
speaking or motivational speaking as a way to make other people better
and happy, and not just as a way to push their own beliefs or interests
on others. He challenged their thinking to go beyond the norms of the
society, and to believe that they are the creator of their own reality.
The participants were left the workshop with a whole new perspective on
faith and life.
The Society of Young Filipino Speakers
was founded by the VoiceMaster to hone young people to become
motivational speakers for their fellow youth.
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