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[00:31] Show Announcer: Is it freedom or is it force?
[00:33] Show Announcer: Let's have a conversation.
[00:38] Kim Monson: I am Kim Monson and thrilled to have a conversation with some of my fellow Liberty Toastmasters folks today.
[00:45] Kim Monson: Thrilled to have in studio with me the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver, Rick Rome.
[00:53] Rick Rome: Merry Christmas and thanks for having me.
[00:59] Kim Monson: And so we'll be talking with some of our colleagues in segments two, three, and four.
[01:05] Kim Monson: But, Rick, this show is really based on conversations about important issues.
[01:10] Kim Monson: And we look at these issues as freedom versus force, force versus freedom.
[01:15] Kim Monson: And socialism, there's this narrative out there that is really romancing socialism.
[01:20] Kim Monson: But ultimately, socialism comes down to force.
[01:27] Rick Rome: Freedom is one of the things that got me involved in this Toastmaster Club, quite frankly, to begin with.
[01:31] Rick Rome: It was the idea that I needed to find a way to articulate those feelings and those senses that I know are true in my heart and those convictions that I have resolved to see through to the end.
[01:42] Rick Rome: It's part of the whole reason that I got involved in the political process to begin with, just as an activist.
[01:49] Kim Monson: Do you ever have friends that you say, they'll say, oh, I'm not involved in politics.
[01:56] Kim Monson: But what we are finding out is politics is interested in you.
[02:00] Rick Rome: Even if you're only paying attention for seven minutes a week, you need to be paying attention.
[02:05] Kim Monson: You do need to be paying attention, and that is why we do this show.
[02:07] Kim Monson: And, you know, we're really excited as we look into 2020.
[02:10] Kim Monson: It's going to be a robust and raucous year, but it's going to be an important year to have these conversations.
[02:17] Kim Monson: And so we talk about freedom versus force, force versus freedom.
[02:20] Kim Monson: Socialism ultimately comes down to force.
[02:23] Kim Monson: Nazi stands for national socialist german workers party.
[02:27] Kim Monson: It's never compassionate to take other people's rights, their property or freedom, via force, whether it's with a weapon policy or unpredictable and excessive taxation.
[02:36] Kim Monson: If something is a good idea, steve, you don't need to force somebody right.
[02:42] Producer Steve: Well, we kind of beat this room every day, but it's it's worth beating because there's just so many people not paying attention and they, they just and yet at the same time, we've also said, identified a certain certain segment of the population that well they might look at socialism and be drawn to it because of the challenges that are in front of them.
[03:02] Producer Steve: But it's not the answer.
[03:04] Kim Monson: Well, and many times challenges or perceived challenges have been put in place because of public policy.
[03:11] Kim Monson: And then PBIs come in and say, we can fix this with more public policy.
[03:17] Kim Monson: And whenever you hear the words mandate, regulate, those are code words for force.
[03:27] Kim Monson: And I want to say thank you to the team, to Producer Steve, Zach, Patty, Keith, and Charlie.
[03:32] Kim Monson: I so appreciate your support, your good work.
[03:34] Kim Monson: And to each of you listeners, thank you.
[03:39] Kim Monson: Take care of your heart, soul, mind, and body.
[03:41] Kim Monson: And be sure to check out my website.
[03:47] Kim Monson: You can email me at kim at kimMonson.
[03:50] Kim Monson: Podcasts of the show are there at the website.
[03:57] Kim Monson: But let's go ahead and jump in today.
[03:58] Kim Monson: So we're going to be talking about speaking, and I was trying to think of good communicators.
[04:08] Kim Monson: Okay, now Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the classical period in ancient Greece.
[04:14] Kim Monson: He was the founder of the Lyceum and the Peripatetic School of Philosophy and the Aristotelian tradition.
[04:22] Kim Monson: Along with his teacher Plato, he has been called the father of Western philosophy.
[04:33] Kim Monson: So do you think that he could have some words of wisdom in almost 2020?
[04:37] Producer Steve: We've been doing this too long.
[04:39] Producer Steve: I guarantee you he's going to have something applicable.
[04:44] Kim Monson: He says, excellence is never an accident.
[04:48] Kim Monson: It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution.
[04:53] Kim Monson: It represents the wise choice of many alternatives.
[04:56] Kim Monson: Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
[05:02] Kim Monson: We see so many people being encouraged to be victims, and here we have- and that's not a way to live a life, and here we have aristotle, born in 384 bc, and he says: it's choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
[05:17] Rick Rome: Kim, the first thing I think of when I heard that quote was it: it really leads to the idea of being deliberate in what we do.
[05:27] Rick Rome: Find a way to be involved that addresses a specific goal in mind so that we can achieve that level of excellence that is not an accident, but by design.
[05:38] Kim Monson: Well, and isn't that, I know in some ways the word empower is overused, but it empowers people once they realize that they can make choices that affect their life and that they're responsible for those choices.
[05:50] Kim Monson: And I really think, Rick Rome, that that is inherent in the American idea.
[05:55] Rick Rome: Well, Kim, you know, somebody had once mentioned to me that freedom is the only tent that's big enough for everyone, and that's also speaking to that idea of a deliberate and excellent source of excellence in our choices.
[06:05] Kim Monson: I tell you, you get some nuggets when you listen to the show, and there you have one right there, that freedom is the only tent big enough for everyone.
[06:14] Kim Monson: Okay, Steve, I got a funny for you.
[06:20] Kim Monson: A radical Denver-Boulder political activist was a guest speaker at the golf club dinner.
[06:26] Kim Monson: As the radical Denver Boulder political activist stood up to speak, a few of the men saw it as an opportunity to sneak off to the bar.
[06:34] Kim Monson: An hour later, with the radical Denver Boulder activist still talking, another man joined them.
[06:41] Kim Monson: They said, is he still talking, they asked him.
[06:44] Kim Monson: Another man answered, says, what on earth is he talking about?
[06:51] Producer Steve: Oh, yeah.
[06:52] Kim Monson: And that was in honor of Toastmasters.
[06:59] Producer Steve: Yeah, but again, how did it start out again?
[07:03] Producer Steve: The Denver Boulder activist?
[07:04] Kim Monson: A radical Denver Boulder political activist.
[07:07] Producer Steve: Gee, do we have any of those around here?
[07:11] Kim Monson: We do, and that is a great segue into the next thing I want to talk about, and that is our Stand for Colorado rally.
[07:17] Kim Monson: New Year's is right around the corner.
[07:20] Kim Monson: January 8th is the first day of this new state legislature.
[07:23] Kim Monson: They convene, and I hear that you thought last year was bad.
[07:28] Kim Monson: There's going to be some stuff this year, and so we need to show up.
[07:31] Kim Monson: And typically we don't go down to the Capitol because we're busy with our jobs and our families.
[07:37] Kim Monson: But if they think that we're not watching, then we get what happened last year.
[07:40] Kim Monson: And so the Stand for Colorado rally is January 8th, the first day of the legislative session.
[07:46] Kim Monson: I know it's middle of the week, middle of the day, 11 o'clock.
[07:49] Kim Monson: It'll be on the west steps of the Capitol.
[07:51] Kim Monson: And I recommend that you start to plan ahead right now.
[08:02] Kim Monson: We are Americans, and we show up when we see people that are not doing the proper things the government should be doing.
[08:08] Kim Monson: We show up, and we say that's not okay.
[08:09] Kim Monson: And so I think it's going to be a very important day, Rick Rome.
[08:13] Rick Rome: Well, we're feeling the ramifications of what happened in the last legislature, and I was thinking that even with the new year coming up, about a resolution and the resolve that it's going to take to deal with some of the hair on the legs of this legislature that we've got right now.
[08:26] Rick Rome: I mean, we have the Red Flag Act that was passed last year.
[08:31] Rick Rome: We have on the docket the public vote.
[08:36] Rick Rome: The national popular vote is up on the docket for next year.
[08:39] Rick Rome: We have a presidential election.
[08:40] Rick Rome: I personally think President Trump might be the first president to be impeached twice, because I'm pretty sure he's going to get re- elected.
[08:48] Kim Monson: And they said if he gets re- elected,they're going to impeach him again.
[08:52] Kim Monson: They don't even know why, but they said that they will.
[08:54] Kim Monson: So, yeah, it's really, really important to show up.
[08:59] Kim Monson: So, again, that's going to be Stand for Colorado Rally.
[09:01] Kim Monson: You can go to the website, StandforColorado.
[09:03] Kim Monson: And, you know, let me know if you have suggestions, if you want to help with anything.
[09:07] Kim Monson: and if you don't think you're going to be able to show up, and even if you are, we really could use some help financially because we've got a great sound system.
[09:18] Kim Monson: We'd like to do some social media advertising, and so we could really use some help in that arena as well.
[09:25] Kim Monson: And Steve, you said that you're working your schedule.
[09:29] Producer Steve: Yeah, because the way this past year's went down, there was just, you know, There was obviously a scheduling conflict.
[09:38] Producer Steve: I noticed you were absent.
[09:39] Producer Steve: But I did actually, you streamed that online, right?
[09:43] Producer Steve: Yeah, I did remember watching some of the things as it was happening.
[09:46] Producer Steve: So I will be there.
[09:51] Kim Monson: And not that we're sexist, but I guess this probably is.
[09:54] Kim Monson: When you have to start off with something like not with, that means maybe it could appear that way.
[09:58] Kim Monson: But, Rick, we have amazing speakers who are male at Liberty Toastmasters.
[10:03] Kim Monson: However, this is primarily going to be a lineup of women, and the reason is is because we have strong women that are going to be able to articulate in different things that affect our lives: freedom versus force, force versus freedom.
[10:18] Rick Rome: Well, and I would say this, Kim, that there is a genetic predisposition between men and women, and women, I believe, are predisposed to be better communicators.
[10:26] Rick Rome: Quite frankly, you heard it here, Steve.
[10:30] Producer Steve: I know you just said I hope you're not offended.
[10:32] Producer Steve: I'm not offended.
[10:34] Producer Steve: I'm encouraged because you know it gets my attention.
[10:36] Producer Steve: But you know, the average Joe walking by on the sidewalk that day in front of the Capitol.
[10:40] Producer Steve: They're gonna.
[10:43] Producer Steve: Their attention will be nabbed, whether they want to or not.
[10:49] Rick Rome: Well, and the thing of them thinking is that we really need to find a way to be involved in.
[10:55] Rick Rome: Connect with Colorado day is really a great stand, for Colorado is a great opportunity for people to make a personal commitment to the state that you live in, your community, an opportunity to go down, get involved.
[11:07] Rick Rome: Connect with people with a like mind and like goals and visions for how they want to raise their families and how you want to raise yours.
[11:13] Kim Monson: You know- and to that point we actually are- there will be people across the spectrum.
[11:19] Kim Monson: I would say that the radical political activists- and that could be, you know, sometimes on the fringes you can have that on on both sides, but they're probably not going to be very jazzed about the stanford colorado rally because we're going to be talking about freedom versus force, force versus freedom.
[11:38] Kim Monson: Uh, it could be your blue, blue dog, democrats to unaffiliated to.
[11:43] Kim Monson: Uh, conservative, libertarian, uh, republican.
[11:46] Kim Monson: You know, across the spectrum, people really like freedom versus force, and so what we're going to be working to do, Rick, is to try to bring this idea.
[11:56] Kim Monson: You know, if you think that freedom over here, on your main issue, is a good idea, and you're thinking, but force over here is, but I hope it's a gut check and saying if freedom's good here, it's good over here.
[12:08] Rick Rome: Well, and in the west, I mean I'm a native to Colorado.
[12:10] Rick Rome: So I really appreciate the fact that you're doing this and trying to preserve the heritage of the state, which has to do with the rugged individualism, that that ability to make decisions for ourselves and the responsibility to take the initiative on those things that I guess the...
[12:30] Rick Rome: Yeah, the responsibility that goes with making a decision.
[12:32] Kim Monson: And you just hit on something that I always like to talk about as well.
[12:39] Kim Monson: And even though we have this influx of all of these people coming from other states, what they're coming for is that Colorado spirit.
[12:48] Kim Monson: and that Colorado spirit is being assaulted by these radical progressive activists that have taken over our state.
[12:56] Kim Monson: And it is time to say we are watching and to take a stand for Colorado.
[13:04] Rick Rome: There's no other way to do it but to get involved.
[13:10] Kim Monson: Although we've got the weather committee.
[13:14] Kim Monson: They're working diligently to have a great January day.
[13:18] Rick Rome: Well, even a great January day in Colorado could be 30 degrees as well.
[13:23] Kim Monson: But we're going to have to put on our big boy and big girl coats and mittens and hats and show up.
[13:32] Kim Monson: We've got some really fun things planned.
[13:33] Kim Monson: So that will be the Stand for Colorado rally.
[13:35] Kim Monson: Go to the website, StandforColorado.
[13:37] Kim Monson: com,and we definitely want to have you there.
[13:40] Kim Monson: And we're going to go to break here in just a minute.
[13:42] Kim Monson: We've got an amazing lineup, Rick, of many of our colleagues from both Liberty Toastmasters, Denver and North.
[13:47] Rick Rome: And I'm looking forward to it as always.
[13:49] Rick Rome: Table Topics is one of my favorite things to do in the club.
[13:52] Rick Rome: And we thank you so much for hosting it on the show.
[13:56] Kim Monson: Well, and Liberty Toastmasters is a value partner of mine as well.
[13:58] Kim Monson: And I really appreciate that because I'm truly an entrepreneur.
[14:01] Kim Monson: And that means I buy my airtime, which there's great freedom in it.
[14:06] Kim Monson: But there's also risk because that means I have to find my own business partners.
[14:10] Kim Monson: And I am blessed with an amazing list.
[14:13] Kim Monson: And I would like to say thank you to these partners.
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[14:34] Kim Monson: He knows everything about mortgages, reverse mortgages, refinance, new mortgages, all that stuff.
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[14:50] Kim Monson: We're starting a salon series, and our first one will be in January over at Water's Edge Winery.
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[15:08] Kim Monson: That will be on Monday, January 13th, 5 to 8 p.
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[15:25] Kim Monson: We're going to get all that information out as well.
[15:29] Kim Monson: Rick rome is in studio with me, and when we come back, you will not want to miss it.
[15:34] Kim Monson: The subjects on the table will be new year's resolutions, new beginnings or the holidays.
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[17:04] Kim Monson: Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show.
[17:09] Kim Monson: I'm thrilled to have in studio with me Rick Rome.
[17:12] Kim Monson: He is the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver.
[17:16] Rick Rome: Kim, as always, it's a pleasure to be here.
[17:19] Kim Monson: But on the line with us is Hugh Curley, and he is the president of Liberty Toastmasters North.
[17:29] Kim Monson: And, you know, as you know, Hugh, in Liberty Toastmasters, we have table topics where you're given a topic and you have to speak about that particular topic, or you can choose something else, and typically it's two to three minutes.
[17:45] Kim Monson: And the subjects that I've given you were the holidays, New Year's resolutions, or new beginnings.
[17:50] Kim Monson: So, Hugh Curley, let's hear your topist topics on one of those subjects or whatever you have chosen.
[17:58] Hugh Curley: New beginnings is something that we should be talking about now, and every day is an opportunity for a new beginning.
[18:06] Hugh Curley: The problem is that life happens and we lose focus right away.
[18:10] Hugh Curley: So a good way that many people function is they choose a mile post, such as the beginning of the year for their new beginnings and to make the new year's resolutions.
[18:25] Hugh Curley: And it gives them this year is going to work better.
[18:28] Hugh Curley: Well, this is not simply a new day on January 1st.
[18:33] Hugh Curley: It's not simply a new year, but it is a new decade, 10 times better than a new year as that post.
[18:40] Hugh Curley: So as we enter this new decade, 2020, let's all focus on the things that we need to change in our lives.
[18:48] Hugh Curley: I know that I've done some things in the past that I'm not particularly proud of.
[18:54] Hugh Curley: And they keep coming up and they bother me, and they limit me, and they make me kind of limit my ability to do things.
[19:06] Hugh Curley: So I'm going to be using this January 1, 2020, as this major milestone in my life to eliminate the limitations that these things that have happened in the past that didn't hurt anybody except me, make them not affect my life anymore so that I can move on and not have those limitations.
[19:28] Hugh Curley: This is something that I'm really looking forward to as a new beginning, not for just the day, not just for the year, but for the entire decade.
[19:36] Hugh Curley: I think that it's probably going to work very well.
[19:41] Kim Monson: And, you know, the past is the past, Hugh.
[19:44] Kim Monson: And I think it's, I mean, I think we all many times carry around that baggage.
[19:48] Kim Monson: But the new beginning, as you mentioned, the new beginning of the new year and the new decade, I love that.
[19:53] Kim Monson: Rick, don't you think that's great?
[19:55] Rick Rome: I think new beginnings are fantastic.
[19:56] Rick Rome: It's a great time to be thinking about those types of things.
[20:00] Kim Monson: So, Hugh Curley, Liberty Toastmasters North meets the second and fourth Saturdays up in Longmont, correct?
[20:10] Hugh Curley: It's at the American Legion on South Bowen Street.
[20:15] Kim Monson: Okay, and people can get more information how?
[20:17] Hugh Curley: They can go to our website, which is libertytoastmastersnorth.
[20:30] Hugh Curley: org, or you could call me at 303-747-6407.
[20:36] Kim Monson: Well, Hugh Curley, thank you so much.
[20:38] Kim Monson: I wish you and yours a very prosperous 2020.
[20:43] Hugh Curley: I'm looking forward, and good luck to you, too.
[20:50] Rick Rome: Our next caller is Greg Morrissey.
[20:53] Rick Rome: Our topics today are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, and new beginnings.
[20:57] Rick Rome: What would you like to speak on today, Greg?
[21:13] Greg Morrissey: I want to take on the class full and achieve my potential with Liberty Toastmasters and also with the involvement I'm with the Boulder County Republicans, and we go on to make this country a better country and bring this one nation under God.
[21:27] Greg Morrissey: I'd like to see all the people out there who'd like to join me, get some personal confidence, learn how to speak in front of people, come to Toastmasters tomorrow up in Longmont.
[21:41] Kim Monson: You know, I was very nervous about it.
[21:45] Kim Monson: You will be meeting the second and fourth Saturdays of each month.
[21:54] Kim Monson: And then people can get more information at LibertyToastmastersClubs.
[21:59] Greg Morrissey: Or they can search Liberty Toastmasters North Longmont.
[22:06] Kim Monson: And, you know, this is a great New Year's resolution to work on ourselves, to look inward and make ourselves better.
[22:13] Kim Monson: So I just love your New Year's resolution, Greg Morrissey.
[22:18] Greg Morrissey: I'm looking forward to the challenge and I'm going to enjoy it greatly.
[22:22] Kim Monson: So I wish you and yours a very prosperous 2020.
[22:34] Greg Morrissey: You appreciate it with the people you bring on, the subjects, how they present themselves.
[22:43] Kim Monson: I really appreciate that attagirl, Greg Morrissey.
[22:46] Kim Monson: And thank you for listening and letting other people know about it.
[22:51] Kim Monson: Our next caller is Lisa Carnahan, and she is a member of Liberty Toastmasters Denver.
[22:58] Kim Monson: And Lisa, the subjects could be New Year's resolutions, new beginnings, or the holidays.
[23:02] Kim Monson: So what would you like to talk about?
[23:06] Lisa Carnahan: Well, I'm going to talk about New Year's resolutions, kind of.
[23:14] Lisa Carnahan: And again, I'm Lisa Carnahan, and I'm with Liberty Toastmasters in Denver.
[23:20] Lisa Carnahan: And I decided that I'm going to embrace begin from behind.
[23:26] Lisa Carnahan: I think that I can use the table topics that I'm doing with you now as an example.
[23:33] Lisa Carnahan: But the first time I was asked to be on here was for Thanksgiving, and I had never been doing table topics on the radio before.
[23:43] Lisa Carnahan: So I felt very uncomfortable, and I wrote the whole thing out and read it, which is really not in the desire of table topics.
[23:57] Lisa Carnahan: So, and the next time I progressed, you know, and then I had some outlines, some notes, and I used that to help me speak extemporaneously.
[24:10] Lisa Carnahan: I'm speaking extemporaneously with the begin from behind as my only thing to grasp onto.
[24:16] Lisa Carnahan: And so that's a good example of the begin from behind.
[24:19] Lisa Carnahan: You know, the first time I did it, it wasn't exactly how I wanted it.
[24:28] Lisa Carnahan: I recently saw a film called Ford versus Ferrari.
[24:31] Lisa Carnahan: And if you've seen any car race, somebody can begin after another car and still win the race.
[24:40] Lisa Carnahan: I think oftentimes we have a tendency to be held back by, I don't know, any kind of excuse we can come up with.
[24:49] Lisa Carnahan: So you might say, you know, oh, I'm so far behind on my diet or I'm not getting the kind of sleep that I want or, you know, I have all these goals, but I took a break from them.
[25:01] Lisa Carnahan: So I'm too far behind to really, like, I should just give up now.
[25:04] Lisa Carnahan: And I think it's just kind of in in the spirit of saying: just embrace that.
[25:10] Lisa Carnahan: If you feel that you're very far behind, if you feel like you haven't been good with your goals or you took a break.
[25:17] Lisa Carnahan: I'm not so much the new year's resolution like I have to begin on January 1st and change my entire life.
[25:24] Lisa Carnahan: It's more than at any moment in time I can begin from behind.
[25:29] Lisa Carnahan: I can look at at any goal I want to achieve and stop making excuses about why not to work towards that.
[25:40] Kim Monson: I'm always so excited when you give a speech or you get up for table topics, because I know that I'm going to learn something and be inspired.
[25:45] Kim Monson: So Lisa Carnahan, thank you so much.
[25:47] Kim Monson: Wishing you a very prosperous 2020.
[25:53] Kim Monson: Before we go to break, let's talk with Jason McBride.
[25:55] Kim Monson: I wonder if he has any New Year's resolutions or thoughts about the holiday or new beginnings.
[26:00] Kim Monson: Hey, Jason, do you have a New Year's resolution?
[26:03] Jason McBride: Boy, you know, Kim, I have stopped doing those because I kept disappointing myself.
[26:11] Jason McBride: But then even better, you know, just a few years ago, my wife told me I was perfect and I didn't need to change anything.
[26:19] Jason McBride: So I took her advice and, you know, I just kind of keep on keeping on.
[26:27] Jason McBride: But, you know, honestly, I think, you know, every year, at least internally, I try to make a resolution to be a more patient father, which is sometimes tough and to be a better husband.
[26:42] Jason McBride: Not that I think I'm a bad one, but we strive for excellence, you know, and you try and sometimes you fail and you get up and try again.
[26:51] Jason McBride: So, you know, I don't know if I speak them out loud or write them down, but those are probably the most important things to me at the end of the day is my family.
[27:10] Kim Monson: We've had these, you know, all these Liberty Toastmasters, my colleagues on, and public speaking is difficult many times.
[27:18] Kim Monson: and I know the first time that I sat behind a microphone here, I was terrified.
[27:26] Jason McBride: I think the first time I ever did radio was all the way back in 1996, if I remember correctly.
[27:33] Jason McBride: So that was a long time ago, back when I was still somewhat young even.
[27:38] Jason McBride: I remember the fellow I was doing, I think he must have had more experience than me because I was holding some papers in my hand and my hands were shaken.
[27:46] Jason McBride: and you could hear it because it was a live show, and you could hear the paper shaking through the microphone, and he just calmly reached over and just kind of pushed the papers down on the table and went.
[27:59] Jason McBride: So it's come a long way, and, you know, it's funny.
[28:06] Jason McBride: After all this time, very comfortable doing this with you, Kim, and I don't get nervous anymore except about something Steve might say to embarrass me on the air.
[28:17] Jason McBride: But yeah, up in front of crowds is kind of fun too most of the time.
[28:26] Jason McBride: It's difficult, I think, until you just go and do it a couple of times.
[28:34] Jason McBride: But there are people that just never, ever want to do it.
[28:37] Kim Monson: Well, but that's why Liberty Toastmasters is so great.
[28:41] Kim Monson: We're going to have some more of my colleagues on in segments three and four.
[28:45] Kim Monson: Before we go to break, though, earlier in the week, we did this really fun show, The Santa Claus Stocks, and people can actually download that.
[28:53] Jason McBride: You know, every year we try to pick half a dozen stocks that have done well and have some interesting characteristics.
[29:01] Jason McBride: We do up a nice report on those, if you'd like to read them for information or you do your own research.
[29:18] Jason McBride: Or as you love to say, give Natalie a call when the switchboards open at 730-303-694-1600.
[29:26] Jason McBride: She'll send you out a hard copy the old school way.
[29:30] Kim Monson: Well, Jason McBride, thank you so much.
[29:31] Kim Monson: And Merry Christmas during this Christmas season.
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[31:07] Kim Monson: Thrilled to have in studio with me, Rick Rome.
[31:09] Kim Monson: He is the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver.
[31:15] Rick Rome: Kim, our next guest is Monica Worcester.
[31:21] Rick Rome: So Monica, our topics today are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, or new beginnings.
[31:27] Rick Rome: And we're doing this in a table topic style.
[31:29] Rick Rome: What would you like to talk about today?
[31:31] Monica Worcester: I would like to talk about how the new year, especially around the end of the year, it's a good time to reconsider our priorities and how if we need to make changes, we can use the beginning of the year to do that.
[31:49] Monica Worcester: And one way I'm doing this, I'm reconsidering my current career and see if I can choose a career path that allows more time for work-life balance.
[32:03] Kim Monson: Well, and Monica, you have a lot of work-life balance because you're a mom and you've got a lot going on.
[32:10] Kim Monson: So I understand why you would look at that in 2020.
[32:19] Monica Worcester: and hopefully it works out in finding a job that doesn't require such a long commute like my previous one, which required a three-hour commute a day.
[32:34] Kim Monson: Well, and speaking of your children, at one of our recent Liberty Toastmasters meetings, we had the great honor to meet your children, and I was hoping that Blaine was going to give us a few words.
[32:44] Kim Monson: Are we going to be lucky enough to have that?
[32:55] Blaine (Monica's child): Hi.
[32:59] Blaine (Monica's child): Good.
[33:00] Blaine (Monica's child): Uh-huh.
[33:02] Blaine (Monica's child): I want a punch.
[33:07] Blaine (Monica's child): I want a punch from the Waddy Club.
[33:12] Blaine (Monica's child): Okay.
[33:13] Kim Monson: Okay, well, Blaine, thank you so much.
[33:30] Kim Monson: Okay, you can use that on his sister.
[33:37] Kim Monson: Okay, and our next guest is Bill Vetter.
[33:41] Kim Monson: Hey, Bill, on Table Topics, welcome.
[33:46] Bill Vetter: Thank you for this opportunity to speak.
[33:52] Kim Monson: Well, our subjects are New Year's resolutions, new beginnings, or the holidays.
[34:08] Bill Vetter: One from my life, which occurred long, long, long ago.
[34:12] Bill Vetter: Really, it was my most memorable new beginning, which occurred just before when I was six.
[34:18] Bill Vetter: We had moved from a Chicago suburb to a very small town outside Cincinnati, Ohio.
[34:25] Bill Vetter: We moved about a month before my sixth birthday.
[34:28] Bill Vetter: And just before I started in first grade, I was pointing to my mother, who's going to come to my birthday party?
[34:38] Music/Song: I don't know anyone.
[34:39] Bill Vetter: My mother took me by the hand and she led me out the front door.
[34:43] Bill Vetter: She pointed to the other houses on the street and she said, go knock on the door of each house.
[34:48] Bill Vetter: ask whoever answers, do you have any children my age?
[34:54] Bill Vetter: And by the second house, the woman there directed me across the street.
[34:57] Bill Vetter: I think the kids are playing in the backyard behind that house.
[35:05] Bill Vetter: I hadn't met five kids within a year or two of my age.
[35:09] Bill Vetter: I still remember the experience because My mother's wise advice then still applies.
[35:16] Bill Vetter: Making new friends takes both courage and initiative.
[35:21] Bill Vetter: So the other one I wanted to mention is about my wife.
[35:25] Bill Vetter: She had a powerful new beginning, much bigger than my changing houses.
[35:32] Bill Vetter: She was born behind the Iron Curtain in communist Hungary.
[35:35] Bill Vetter: Her first really big new beginning was when, at the age of 24, she decided to escape Hungary.
[35:41] Bill Vetter: Having secured a two-week visa that allowed her to visit Austria and Italy, she left with one small suitcase and$ 100 worth of Italian lira.
[35:52] Bill Vetter: To make a long story short, with the help of a kind-hearted stranger, she crossed into Switzerland and then into Germany, even though she had a visa to neither country.
[36:03] Bill Vetter: She wound up in Germany, and she started over.
[36:10] Bill Vetter: Germany didn't provide welfare other than a refugee camp where she stayed while her background was checked.
[36:17] Bill Vetter: When her asylum request was granted, she found jobs.
[36:23] Bill Vetter: And ultimately, she came to the United States where she lived with her sister.
[36:30] Bill Vetter: And again, courage and initiative were necessary elements of her success.
[36:35] Bill Vetter: We met and she made another new beginning in getting to know me and my work colleagues and friends.
[36:40] Bill Vetter: She learned English and she was working.
[36:45] Bill Vetter: Since our marriage, we've moved six times and lived in four states.
[36:48] Bill Vetter: Each move was a new beginning, although not quite of the magnitude of her escape from Hungary.
[36:54] Bill Vetter: So I just wanted to mention these new beginnings because I think the thing of it takes initiative.
[37:00] Bill Vetter: You have to go out and knock on doors if you want to move quickly and get to know people when you start a new beginning.
[37:08] Bill Vetter: But to tie it in with your other themes, New Year's resolutions and the holidays, I'll add that each new beginning was met with welcoming kindness by people we had not known.
[37:20] Bill Vetter: That welcoming kindness, in my view, is the essence of the holiday spirit, whether it's Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or simply the ancient customs of hospitality to strangers.
[37:32] Bill Vetter: As for New Year's resolutions, I resolve to remember both sides of each new beginning next year, to have the courage to initiate an outgoing welcome to every stranger I meet.
[37:46] Kim Monson: Bill Federer, you knocked it out of the park, and I have the great honor to know your wife.
[37:54] Kim Monson: Thank you so much for sharing that with us.
[37:57] Bill Vetter: And have a great holiday and a wonderful new year.
[38:00] Kim Monson: And wishing you and yours a very prosperous 2020 as well.
[38:10] Rick Rome: So our next guest is Sue Pratt.
[38:11] Rick Rome: She's a member of our Liberty Toastmasters North Club.
[38:14] Rick Rome: And, Sue, today our topics are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, and new beginnings.
[38:18] Rick Rome: What would you like to talk about today?
[38:21] Sue Pratt: I've selected the holidays, Rick.
[38:26] Sue Pratt: Well, when I think about the holidays, it reminds me of all my own family's traditions as a child and how we spent them, especially at Christmas.
[38:35] Sue Pratt: So as we're entering that Christmas season, here's what I remember.
[38:39] Sue Pratt: We had an advent calendar in the kitchen along with my grandmother's nutcracker collection, which was placed along her window.
[38:48] Sue Pratt: And there were electric candles placed in every window of the house, both upstairs and down.
[38:53] Sue Pratt: and the kitchen was a very active place with all the baking that was going on, particularly the Christmas cookies and the homemade Stella.
[39:05] Sue Pratt: My grandparents had a customized Christmas card every year with the black and white photos of all our family members, and many people collected these cards over the years to follow the progress of each of us as we grew up.
[39:18] Sue Pratt: So it was a very special card from the family and remains a part of our own history as a growing and expansive family today.
[39:27] Sue Pratt: We also had chocolate from Zurich, Switzerland, in the house, which we gave to gifts to family friends.
[39:36] Sue Pratt: And that was because my grandparents traveled extensively in Europe every year to visit friends and business acquaintances.
[39:43] Sue Pratt: My grandmother had at least two or three trees in the house, So we had a lot of family visiting over the holidays, Which was very special for all of us, And we had a special Christmas Eve meal That was very simple and traditional, With lentil soup and a very light supper, And after that we had a program Where we all gathered in our living room and participated in rather singing Christmas carols, reading from the Bible about the birth of Christ and so forth.
[40:20] Sue Pratt: And at the end of the service that we did together as a family, we read the night before Christmas and sang Silent Night, and then there was a moment of prayer and we had a family member always dress up as Santa Claus and tap on the end windows in the living room to indicate it was time to open all the presents under the big tree.
[40:46] Sue Pratt: So we had quite a traditional family gathering on Christmas in our New Jersey home, where my grandparents lived most of their lives.
[41:01] Kim Monson: Oh, that really is special, most definitely.
[41:04] Rick Rome: Christmas is such a wonderful time for family tradition as well.
[41:10] Kim Monson: Thank you for having me today, and happy holidays to all of you.
[41:14] Kim Monson: And wishing you a very prosperous 2020.
[41:17] Kim Monson: When we come back, we will be talking with Josh Allelament.
[41:20] Kim Monson: He's one of our members in Liberty Toastmasters Denver, and we'll find out what he wants to do for Table Topics.
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[43:09] Kim Monson: Welcome back to the Kim Monson Show.
[43:12] Kim Monson: That is spelled M-O-N-S-O-N dot com.
[43:19] Kim Monson: And today is our Liberty Toastmasters show.
[43:21] Kim Monson: We're talking with our fellow members in Liberty Toastmasters Denver as well as Liberty Toastmasters North.
[43:30] Kim Monson: You are the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver.
[43:34] Rick Rome: It is always a pleasure to be here.
[43:39] Rick Rome: So our next guest is one of our Liberty Toastmasters Denver guests or members, is Josh Laliment.
[43:45] Rick Rome: And Josh, our topics today are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, and new beginnings.
[43:50] Rick Rome: What would you like to speak on today, Josh?
[43:58] Josh Lallement: I guess I can kind of combine the New Year's resolutions and new beginnings.
[44:13] Josh Lallement: And one of the reasons I joined Toastmasters is because next year I plan on being very more heavily involved in the Lipshame Party and going to the national convention and supporting nominees for president, in particular a guy by the name of Adam Kokesh.
[44:41] Josh Lallement: and so in April I'll be going to the state convention to be a delegate and then in May I'll be going to Austin, Texas to support my libertarian principles.
[45:02] Kim Monson: Josh, that is very exciting and it's just so great to get to know you and Liberty Toastmasters and I think each of us can talk about where we began and where we are progressing And you are just becoming better and better all the time, and it's very inspirational.
[45:22] Josh Lallement: You guys have been really supportive and helpful in helping me come out of my shell.
[45:30] Josh Lallement: And I think the last time I went to the previous time I've been at the conventions, I've been really kind of quiet inside and not very engaged, and I think Toastmasters is going to help me have a better effect on things, hopefully.
[45:54] Kim Monson: Looking forward to seeing you at our meetings.
[45:57] Kim Monson: And for Liberty Toastmasters, Denver are the first and third Saturdays, and Liberty Toastmasters North are the second and fourth.
[46:03] Kim Monson: Josh, wish you all kinds of good luck in 2020.
[46:10] Kim Monson: And so Rick Rome, president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver, who is our next guest?
[46:16] Rick Rome: So our next guest is one of our Liberty Toastmasters Denver's members, Roger Edwards.
[46:22] Rick Rome: Roger, our topics are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, new beginnings.
[46:26] Rick Rome: What would you like to speak on today, Roger?
[46:28] Roger Edwards: Well, I think I'll take new beginnings, but do a little bit different wrinkle to it.
[46:38] Roger Edwards: So my effort for the new year, I have volunteered at my church to do a Sunday school, commit to doing a Sunday school for the next year.
[46:50] Roger Edwards: We haven't had a continuous adult Sunday school lesson, and this is kind of a new adventure for the church, and hopefully we'll get some folks in that will make a commitment to attend on a regular basis.
[47:06] Roger Edwards: And the goal is to help us extend our membership, grow our membership, and just kind of learn more about Jesus and God.
[47:19] Kim Monson: And is there a particular subject that you're going to be studying this year then, Roger?
[47:24] Roger Edwards: Well, the first one we're going to talk about is it's a video program.
[47:41] Roger Edwards: What he does is he takes tours to the Holy Land, and they go through and visit all these sites, historic sites and stuff like that.
[47:49] Roger Edwards: And he's divided it up into different segments.
[47:52] Roger Edwards: So this particular segment is going to be on the old Israel.
[47:57] Roger Edwards: So we'll mostly talk about things that are in the Old Testament and become more familiar with that.
[48:05] Roger Edwards: My wife and I have been to Israel, and it's a life-changing experience.
[48:16] Roger Edwards: You know, I would encourage you- it is actually on my bucket list- to make sure I did.
[48:25] Roger Edwards: It's uh, you went to one promised land before you go to so.
[48:30] Kim Monson: So, roger, you went to one promised land before you go to the other promised land.
[48:34] Roger Edwards: Right, that's right, that's right, but it is a you know, a lot of people worry about the violence over there and stuff.
[48:41] Roger Edwards: Well, I think we've got more violence here in the U.
[48:43] Roger Edwards: to worry about in Israel, but it is a fascinating and fantastic opportunity to take advantage of the culture and the history of the Bible and be able to appreciate that not only in your heart, but also in your mind.
[49:06] Kim Monson: Well, that is on my bucket list as well, Roger Edwards, and you inspire me.
[49:10] Kim Monson: You've got such a great sense of humor and you care deeply about our fellow man.
[49:15] Kim Monson: And so thank you so much, Roger Edwards.
[49:17] Kim Monson: I wish you and yours a very prosperous 2020.
[49:25] Kim Monson: And Rick Rome, you are the president of Liberty Toastmasters Denver, who is our next guest.
[49:31] Rick Rome: So our next guest is our vice president of education, Brad Beck, who's a member of both clubs, actually.
[49:37] Rick Rome: And so, Brad, I'd like to welcome you to the show.
[49:39] Rick Rome: Our topics today are the holidays, New Year's resolutions, and new beginnings.
[49:44] Brad Beck: Well, thank you both, and I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and looking forward to talking with you about New Year's resolutions.
[49:51] Kim Monson: It's hard to believe it's here, Brad.
[49:52] Kim Monson: So what do you, you're going to talk about New Year's resolutions, huh?
[49:57] Brad Beck: Well, normally I don't make a resolution, but I...
[50:00] Brad Beck: I have been inspired to have my best decade ever.
[50:05] Brad Beck: And the way I got this idea was from one of my business gurus, who I just signed up for his seven-figure formula program.
[50:16] Brad Beck: And Jeffrey Gittermer wrote the little red book of sales and the little golden book of yes attitude, which I absolutely love, because many of us have never taken a course in positive attitude.
[50:27] Brad Beck: We take a course in public speaking or listening, but not attitude.
[50:30] Brad Beck: And he wrote actually recently two books, Sales Manifesto, which is how to take the early writings of Napoleon Hill before he wrote Think and Grow Rich.
[50:44] Brad Beck: And it takes all that early information and puts it in a format that has changed my way of thinking about things.
[50:53] Brad Beck: Jeffrey Gidmer talks about how you should write and read and prepare so you can think and create.
[51:00] Brad Beck: And so in 2020 is the year investing in myself, and it's going to help invest in my kids, in my family, in my writing.
[51:10] Brad Beck: So the only way I know how to do that is to take this program, which is several modules, and it has to do with attitude.
[51:19] Brad Beck: And I think I have a good attitude, but I think I can get a better attitude.
[51:23] Brad Beck: And then it goes into sales, which is really helping my customers and the people I know with their outcomes.
[51:30] Brad Beck: There's an old Chinese proverb that says, to serve is to rule.
[51:35] Brad Beck: And so I want to figure out a way how I can serve better.
[51:38] Brad Beck: And then the last part of it is referrals.
[51:41] Brad Beck: And it's not so much getting more business, it's how referable are you?
[51:46] Brad Beck: How are people looking at you and they want to share the success that they've had with the relationship, with the business or ever they're connecting with you, and people are saying: oh, you got to talk to this guy, because here's what he's done.
[52:00] Brad Beck: For me, that kind of testimonial is priceless.
[52:03] Brad Beck: So I want to have the best decade ever.
[52:06] Brad Beck: I want to be somebody who is of value and take care of my health and and take care of my family, but also be better, because I can always do a little bit more, and to really start with that yes attitude.
[52:20] Kim Monson: And how do you spell Jeffrey's last name?
[52:30] Brad Beck: I have been through lots of training over my 30-plus years in sales.
[52:36] Brad Beck: And, you know, the guy is from the East Coast.
[52:39] Brad Beck: He's a New Jersey, Philadelphia guy.
[52:41] Brad Beck: Some people don't like that East Coast abruptness.
[52:45] Brad Beck: But he's right on in everything he says and he's to the point and he has fun and he makes jokes about himself and he understands the human psyche, and he studied this and he started late in life as a writer and as a thinker and as somebody of significance.
[53:03] Brad Beck: So I encourage everybody to look him up.
[53:06] Brad Beck: I think his website's by getmer.
[53:08] Kim Monson: com okay and it's brilliant okay well brad beck one other thing You are the vice president of education for our club right now, but you are also one of the co-founders.
[53:17] Kim Monson: And when I see each of us improving on our public speaking, I look at you and you're kind of like a proud father because you're seeing so many of these people, you know, really thrive and flourish.
[53:30] Kim Monson: So thank you so much for your vision on that.
[53:31] Brad Beck: Well, thank you, Kim and Rick, for your commitment and stepping up.
[53:35] Brad Beck: And, you know, one of the visions of the club was to see people go from fear to fabulous, to see people have and gain confidence in their abilities because we all have a message that's significant, and the value that that message has will resonate with other people.
[53:53] Brad Beck: And so that's what we do in Toastmasters is practice our oral communication, our leadership skill development, and the ability to make that message resonate with others.
[54:02] Kim Monson: Well, Brad Beck, thank you so much.
[54:04] Kim Monson: The first time I showed up, my knees were knocking.
[54:07] Kim Monson: I'm getting better, so I really appreciate it.
[54:09] Kim Monson: Thank you so much, and wishing you and your family a very blessed and prosperous 2020.
[54:14] Brad Beck: Same with you both, and thank you so much, and keep the good work going.
[54:19] Kim Monson: And Rick Rome, we're just about out of time.
[54:21] Kim Monson: Thank you so much for being in studio.
[54:23] Rick Rome: As I mentioned, it's always a pleasure and an adventure.
[54:29] Kim Monson: And we love to have guests at our Toastmasters meetings.
[54:33] Kim Monson: So Liberty Toastmasters Denver meets when?
[54:36] Rick Rome: The first and third Saturday of every month.
[54:39] Rick Rome: Our next meeting will be on January 18th, So please feel free to attend.
[54:42] Rick Rome: We have Toastmaster International training that offers, that the organization offers as well, to help us learn and grow and build our confidence.
[54:49] Rick Rome: So we have a lot of support in the organization.
[54:52] Rick Rome: And Liberty North is the second and fourth Saturday.
[54:57] Rick Rome: And the website, go to libertytoastmasters.
[54:58] Rick Rome: org and search a club near you, or go to Liberty Toastmasters Denver or Liberty Toastmasters North.
[55:05] Kim Monson: Well, Rick Rome, thank you so much for being in studio.
[55:07] Kim Monson: I wish you and yours a very blessed and prosperous 2020.
[55:10] Rick Rome: And the same to you and yours, Kim.
[55:12] Kim Monson: And so our quote for today is from Aristotle.
[55:15] Kim Monson: He said, Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
[55:24] Kim Monson: So with that, today, read great books, think good thoughts, listen to beautiful music, communicate and listen well, live honestly and authentically, strive for high ideals, and like Superman, stand for truth, justice, and the American way.
[55:36] Kim Monson: God bless you, and God bless America.
[55:38] Music/Song: And I don't want no one to cry, but tell them if I don't survive, I was born free.
[55:43] Music/Song: I was born free.
[55:45] Music/Song: I was born free.
