Practice English Free Online

This nonprofit public speaking group is a great opportunity to build effective English communication skills.
We meet each Friday at 7:05 AM (PST). Each meeting has three components:
1. Prepared speeches
2. Impromptu speaking
3. Evaluations of prepared environment
Approximately 50% of our club consists of non-native English speakers.
You are welcome to join and listen or you can actively participate.

NOTE: The Zoom link will be sent to you approximately 1-2 hours prior to the event (please check the email associated with your Meetup acct).

This nonprofit public speaking group is a great opportunity to build effective English communication skills.
We meet each Friday at 7:05 AM (PST). Each meeting has three components:
1. Prepared speeches
2. Impromptu speaking
3. Evaluations of prepared environment
Approximately 50% of our club consists of non-native English speakers.
You are welcome to join and listen or you can actively participate.

NOTE: The Zoom link will be sent to you approximately 1-2 hours prior to the event (please check the email associated with your Meetup acct).

Hi Team,

We are hosting weekly public speaking workshops where you will build networking and public speaking skills (something that AI can never duplicate).

As Mark Twain once stated, "there are two types of public speakers - the nervous and liars"

The way to overcome the fear is practice - let's give and receive support as we build this necessary skill.

## Book Club Synopsis: Atomic Habits by Atomic Habits

Atomic Habits explores a simple but powerful idea: small, consistent improvements lead to extraordinary long-term results. Rather than focusing on dramatic transformations or relying on motivation alone, author James Clear demonstrates that lasting success comes from building systems that make positive behaviors automatic.
The book argues that success is rarely the result of one major breakthrough. Instead, it is the accumulation of hundreds of small decisions made consistently over time. Just as money compounds through interest, habits compound through repetition.
Clear introduces four practical principles for building better habits:

• Make it obvious (create cues that encourage good habits)
• Make it attractive (increase motivation)
• Make it easy (reduce friction)
• Make it satisfying (reward the behavior)

Likewise, he explains how to break unwanted habits by reversing these principles.
Perhaps the book's most powerful message is this:

> You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

Goals give us direction, but systems determine whether we arrive.

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# Why Every Entrepreneur and Business Professional Should Read It

Entrepreneurship isn't won by having the biggest idea.
It is won by showing up consistently when nobody is watching.
Business success usually isn't built from one brilliant presentation, one viral marketing campaign, or one lucky investor meeting. It is built from thousands of small behaviors that compound over months and years.

### 1. Entrepreneurs often overvalue motivation and undervalue systems.

Most new business owners wait until they "feel inspired."
Successful entrepreneurs create routines that allow progress even when motivation disappears.

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### 2. Tiny improvements create enormous competitive advantages.

Improving just 1% every day means:

• better customer conversations
• better products
• better networking
• better financial habits
• better leadership

These small improvements become nearly impossible for competitors to replicate consistently.

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### 3. Identity drives behavior.

One of Clear's biggest ideas is:
Instead of asking:

> "What do I want to accomplish?"

Ask:

> "Who do I want to become?"

For example:
Instead of saying:
"I want to start a business."
Say:
"I am becoming an entrepreneur."
Entrepreneurs don't simply own businesses.
They solve problems.
They learn continuously.
They build relationships.
They persist through uncertainty.
Those become part of their identity.

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### 4. Failure is information.

Business plans change.
Markets change.
Technology changes.
Customers change.
Successful entrepreneurs don't stubbornly cling to Plan A.
They adjust their systems while staying committed to their mission.
Pivoting is not quitting.
It is intelligent adaptation.

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### 5. Systems reduce fear.

Many students become overwhelmed because they focus on the entire mountain.
Instead:

• Send one email.
• Make one phone call.
• Read five pages.
• Talk to one potential customer.
• Improve one presentation.

Momentum creates confidence.
Confidence creates action.
Action creates opportunity.

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# Major Themes of the Text:

Success is built before success becomes visible.

• Small habits shape our future identity.
• We become what we repeatedly do.
• Environment often matters more than willpower.
• Progress is rarely linear.
• Consistency beats intensity.
• Every entrepreneur experiences setbacks.
• Growth requires learning, reflection, and adaptation.
• We have far more influence over our future than we often realize.
• Personal responsibility is empowering because it means we can change.