03/08/2024
Happy weekend
We present to you all the Profile of the first runner up of the Orators Odyssey Speaking Contest 😊
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Eddie Glorious 🎉💖...
Hi! I'm called Eddie Glorious an I'm an Undergraduate at the University of Bamenda. I study Accounting and definitely love Numbers.
Aside from my love for Numbers is my unfiltered love for Public Speaking. Ever since my secondary school days where I was called upon to represent my school in tournaments and events, I've always had the passion of talking to a vast majority of people. Sharing my thoughts and ideas to an audience in a well articulated manner has this joy it gives me
I'm a firm believer in the fact that opportunities come once and when they do, "seize them". So when the Orators Odyssey speaking contest presented itself, I found an opportunity to not only represent my School again, but to express my thoughts and ideas.
But since being a Competition amongst many, even better public speakers, I did have challenges I faced, some that made me almost give up. For example, being amongst the least to qualify for the semi finals, having serious power outages and fighting with time trying to be online beforehand and just to name a few. But with an optimistic mind and an unwavering dedication, I was able to secure the position of 1st Runner up (it means second place not first 😅)
If at any point an opportunity like this presents itself to you here's an advice I'll give you. "No words are ever too small, no thoughts are ever too vast, the only limitation is yourself", just know you can achieve anything you set your mind to. So practice! Practice! and again Practice! And mastery is inevitable.
Because of my love for talking too much 😅, there are countless amounts of benefits i get to enjoy. Being looked up to as someone of Value, an increased communication skill, public speaking has helped open gates to areas I wouldn't personally dream of setting my feet in. Even as a Student of Accounting, I get to be confident as I speak with certain highly revered people in the Society and get Connected with people I could only imagine getting in contact with.
Just remember, your words are your weapons and knowledge is indeed power, not cliche 🥂 Thank you .