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“The single greatest ‘people skill’ is a highly developed and authentic interest in the other person.” – Bob Burg Great public speaking best practices are critical to your great networkingSome great public speaking best practices include (1) be audience-centered, (2) have a simple structure to your presentation, and (3)

“A speaker should approach his preparation not by what he wants to say, but by what he wants to learn.” ? Todd Stocker Have you been asked to speak to a group?What were your initial feelings? Did your stress level go up? Did you ask yourself, “How

“Most people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill In this article, I explore persistence and talent – why both are necessary and why persistence more than talent has been responsible for human advancement.Consider the below words of President Calvin Coolidge.

  “Most people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.” – Napoleon Hill If you are like most people, when you try a new activity and even after a while when you are doing it, you may be saying to yourself more than once, “I will never get good at this. I am just kidding myself.” This feeling is called the “Imposter Syndrome.” More people feel they are...

“Life is ten percent what you experience and ninety percent how you respond to it.” – Dorothy M. NeddermeyerI get many questions about how people can calm themselves before a presentation. This is an important question. It is essential that you feel calm and in control when you

  “Get attention immediately. Begin your talk with an incident. Arouse suspense. State an arresting fact. Ask for a show of hands. Promise to tell the audience how they can get something they want. Use an exhibit” – Dale Carnegie, The Quick And Easy Way To Effective Speaking As much as you would like to think, every word you write is not always worth of Ernest Hemingway, every quote you use in your presentations is ...

“You don’t have to change who you are, you have to become more of who you are.” – Sally HogsheadSpeaking in public is hard work. There is a reason this is so. It’s hard work because the return on investment is very great.Anything with a substantial return on

“Once a word has been allowed to escape, it cannot be recalled.” – Horace Did you ever think of the changes in your world from when you were a teenager to now? When I was in elementary and high school, we had to do research in the library. I had to get my mom or dad to drive me there or ride my bike there. The research I did was in books. In other words, I had to seek out the information for my term paper. Boy, how things have changed. Now, instead of seeking out information,...

Steve Jobs’ Speaking Secrets   “Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.” ? Steve Jobs Does anyone not know who Steve Jobs was? If you don’t know who he was, you may have b...

“Every day the clock resets. Your wins don’t matter. Your failures don’t matter. Don’t stress on what was, fight for what could be.“ – Sean HigginsYou have all heard the term, “The New Normal.” I suggest to you there is a Speaker’s “New Normal” also.It is important to note