Personal Development Plan for Success
While I have been putting the initial outlines together for my new book, I’ve been trying some new things to organize my thoughts and put together the pieces to start writing. I’ve had a great experience with Evernote, to capture all my ideas in one place, accessible from the cloud on most almost all of [...]
With all of the natural disasters and really horrific news over the past few months, it’s easy to get down and negative. I find myself in a funk after listening to the latest round of news reports. It’s hard to get the horrific views of tsunamis, tornadoes, and earthquakes out of my mind. While I [...]
I put up a post yesterday about reading a speech. My advice was not to do it, unless it was absolutely necessary. Most of the speeches that I have seen that have been read are flat, lifeless and boring. That was until yesterday… My book editor and blogging friend, Sarah McGaugh, gave a masterful reading [...]
One of the first things you’ll learn in Toastmasters is that you should never read your speech to your audience. Never! Never ever! Never except when there is no other way. Never except when your employer insists on it. Never unless you are being quoted word for word. Never unless you are speaking at a [...]
What? You always tell me what’s wrong. You tell me what he did or she did. You tell me what time it is and what I should be doing right now… Tell, Tell, Tell. I’m tired of you telling me stuff!!! Instead, when you are speaking or writing, I want you to show me stuff. [...]
Every day that we wake up, we face a battle. It may take the form of temptation, procrastination, or just a curious distraction. These things take us away from our desired focus. While there are many common items that vie for our attention, there are unusual ones that come from time to time. For example, [...]
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