August 19th, 2024
“It’s what you practice in private that you will be rewarded in public” – Tony Robbins, American Author and Coach This past week, my family rented a beach house in beautiful Charleston, South Carolina. We had fun at the beach,…

August 12th, 2024
“One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.” – A.A. Milne, British writer Last week, I was at the National Speakers Association Influence 2024 conference in Denver, Colorado,…

August 5th, 2024
“You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.” – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor from 161 to 180 and a Stoic philosopher Overcoming your fear of public speaking and building confidence…

July 29th, 2024
“If people are failing, they look inept. If people are succeeding, they look strong and good and competent. That’s the ‘halo effect.’ Your first impression of a thing sets up your subsequent beliefs. If the company looks inept to you, you…

July 22nd, 2024
“The Curse of Knowledge: when we are given knowledge, it is impossible to imagine what it’s like to LACK that knowledge.” ― Chip Heath, Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-author of the…

July 15th, 2024
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.” – Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist It takes a tremendous amount of your energy…

July 8th, 2024
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” – …

July 1st, 2024
“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.” – Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, and essayist When speaking to your audience, you may think about the following words you…