Some people think that confidence is something that some people just have. Even though I may look confident strutting in a two-piece on a stage, there are days when I'm so nervous, or I feel like, 'Oh my gosh, I don't know if I can do this - Catriona Gray When you think about going to your first Toastmasters meeting, do you get so nervous that the butterflies in your stomach feel like grasshoppers jumping around? Yeah, me too. I think we all felt that way at the beginning. Welcome to the crowd. Not a single person in the meeting started out as a confident, poised public speaker. We all started out right where you are. One of the reasons we all felt that way is that we didn’t know what to expect. “What is Toastmasters?” “Why am I torturing myself by going? I hate getting up in front of people. I hate having to give a speech. What if they don’t like me?” Okay, I’m going to tackle each of those thoughts one by one, starting with the last one. “What if they don’t like...