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, you may be biding your time on your diet just fine, until the plate of …
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Create A Powerful Speech In Record Time With Evernote
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 a lot of ideas flowing around in my head, they may not pertain to the subject matter of the …
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Speaking Tip: Look Me In The Eye
If you are a speaker, you know the value of eye contact. It helps you develop rapport with your audience and gives them a sense of connection with you. There are many techniques for developing good eye contact but one of the easiest and best is very simple... Look at the person and make a mental note of their eye color. This may sound strange at first, but it requires that …
The Fifteen Minute Post
With my new iPad and Blogsy I've been able to create a blog post faster than ever before. The auto correcting screen and quick entry interface make it easy to put a post up to Wordpress. What hasn't been so easy is to add photos from the iPad. While Blogsy allows you to download and attach photos from Picassa and Google images, the internal download hasn't been enabled yet. …
Four Ways To Make Your Next Presentation Better
Here is a simple mantra that can help you laser focus your next speech or presentation. It actually works best to act it out. Here is how it works... Stand facing a mirror and...1: Touch Your Head: Make Them Think. The first rule of speaking is to offer compelling facts and figures that will make your audience think. You may have to go a little outside the box to draw …
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Take One Step Closer Today
Over the weekend, I put up a post about organizing your life. It was a combination of three previous posts and designed to be a way to get a head start on your week. While a three step plan can be a good one, sometimes we don't have time for an elaborate project. We just have 5 minutes and we want to move forward. If that is you, here are three things you can do today that may …