Do you know any DTM? Within A ballroom of Western Harbor hotel in Toronto, I was surrounded by more than 500 DTMs. They were there for the international convention.  No matter where I went, people would check on me by the color of my badge.  So I figured out a special way to show my level “I hid my badge”.  A member introduced himself to me and said “Hi, I'm David, DTM.”  I had my badge hidden, with a confident smile and a strong hand shake I decided to give the same way back.  I said”Hi, I'm Hubert, DTM” I could tell his face wrote three big words “Liar, Liar, Liar” then he point at me and said “You are so young, how could you be DTM?” I continued and said “Yap, DTM…. You know…. Distinguished Taiwan Member.” Fellow toastmasters, distinguished guests,   When was your last time to meet the invisible finger? Or to face the question that the guy asked me “can you do that?” Have you ever answered those questions by saying “Of course I can because I know who I am” Sometimes people define us, judge us by our gender, our age or the amount of our hair.  Few months ago, I went to a toastmasters' club and gave a smooth presentation.  After the meeting, a gentleman came to me and said “You did a good job and how old are you?” I said “take a guess” “you suppose to be around 35?” “Excuse me? Wait a minute “I did notice something in your presentation and I don't know if I should tell you or not? “Go ahead” “Did you gain some weight?” “Is that has anything to do with my presentation?” “Sure, your fat in your chin will shake when you move so I can't concentrate!!!” “Yap, right!!!” I try to get rid of it by doing riding horse exercise.  I did it for one month, didn't lose any weight but the horse lost 10 pounds.  So I was thinking next time I am going to do it vice versa and made it “ride by the horse” exercise. I thought of my DTM story so I told him, “I am sorry to bother you by my shaking chin but I would like to suggest you don't judge a book by its cover.” He said “okok… by the way…wearing all black was a great way to cover your belly but… I could still see it shaking together with your chin!!!” I am not saying that don't listen to others.  Along the way, I received lots of constructive feedback, suggestions, ideas but it will be incomplete without “your own voice, the voice from your heart, the voice of true you.” On the way of contests, whenever I lost people would tell me “You are still young.  You might not have that much experience to compete with other people.” I always remembered clearly that a senior member suggested me “if you want to win the contest, go and get married and have a kid, so you will have lots of material ”  I decided to take his advice so I went home and knock my parents' door.  I told them “I want to get married.” “Who are you going to get married with?” “I don't know, I don't care, I just need to find a wife and have a baby” “What the heck are you thinking?” “I need speech material!!! All the great speakers I know they all have a wife, like Jim key he had a beautiful and knowledgeable wife, and some of them even have two.” This time, he holds me hand, bend my finger. Then he told me: “it's terrible enough to have one” no that's not what he said he said “You have to listen to your heart and define who you are” With some many pressures that I don't know which one that I could follow.  I almost forget the feeling of enjoying a speech, I almost forget the taste of the passion, but I always heard the voice from the bottom of my heart that my father told me which could complete my thinking “You have to listen to your heart and define who you are”  It's not how the question were asked, it's how we response to it.  You will hear that little voice again.  All of you could proudly said “Hi, I am DTM” what's meaning of DTM? No this time you will tell them “I Define the True Meaning of my life.” “Listen to your heart and define who you are” By the way, remember Mr. Finger? He will still be there, but this time he will change his position… because you know who you are. You are a DTM!!!