Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome? Arthur Ashe

Have you set a goal to achieve your DTM? Do you have the steps broken down into small goals? Have you started thinking about what your DTM project should be?

A DTM project must be a project of your own design, in which you demonstrate the skills and expertise you have gained. Is there a project you could pour yourself into and make it meaningful beyond achieving your DTM?

Is there a problem crying out for a solution in your community? Could finding a solution be the answer to achieving your DTM and creating a better community?
Can you create a project that aligns with your values, challenges and expands your abilities, and will be memorable, significant, and offer something of value to others?

Can you follow your heart and let your values help you select your DTM project? Who would you like to encourage, motivate, and help? Do you have a connection to a non-profit or volunteer organization, maybe you could reach out to them and implement a special project? Is there a project you can get involved with that will make a difference? Is there something you could offer to help teach others they could use to build a better lives for themselves and their communities?

You might think, what could I possibly offer to make lives of individuals or the community better? I challenge you to think about what you could offer and what you might continue offering even after you achieve your DTM.

The more scope your DTM project has to impact the lives of other people, the more it will impact your own life. Being able to write DTM after your name is a small part of what becoming a DTM will do for you. Who you become on the way to achieving your DTM is the real gift.

Once we accomplish something we are never the same person we were before we accomplished it. We are changed in some small or big way. Your DTM project could open up your life in ways you can’t imagine. The path to DTM is not a race, it is a marathon, and unless you quit you can cross the finish line, and the one who learns the most wins.

Once you receive your DTM the Toastmasters journey is not over, there is always something more to learn, and someone to mentor. “If we get everything we can out of Toastmasters, we’ll never get out of Toastmasters.”

Sometimes in your life you will go on a journey. It will be the longest journey you have ever taken. It is the journey to find yourself. Katherine Sharp

We have many DTM’s who will be happy to answer your questions, give advice, and point you in the right direction, and I am also here for you as DTM Chair for District 86.

Created by Belynda Wilson Thomas DTM, Meadowvale Toastmasters