Personal Development Plan for Success
The note just came in your inbox. You will be giving your first speech next week. Fear grips you as you contemplate the situation. You haven’t given a speech since high school and now you will be facing a live audience that wants to know who you are and what you are all about. You [...]
Amazing! That’s what you say when you encounter something new and exciting. Something different. Something outside the box. That is what creativity is all about. It’s discovering new things. It’s taking an existing item and tweaking it. It’s dreaming up a new idea, writing it down, and taking action to create it. It’s fun to [...]
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. [...]
As a speaker I’m often asked to share with an audience with just a few minutes notice. It may be that the speaker for the event can’t make it, or someone is out sick. Other times, I may need to speak about a job related subject, or something I’ve blogged about. While I usually have [...]
I have set a lot of goals in my life, and many of them have come to … [Read More...]
When I was a kid, I had an American Flyer train set. It was really cool, … [Read More...]
Goal setting is rather simple. A goal is simply a dream written down. If … [Read More...]
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