Go Ask Alex Honnold… …the guy who climbed the 3200 foot rock face of El Capitan in Yosemite National park without ropes, the “Greatest athletic feat of any kind EVER,” or so said the New York Times. For ten years… Read More »Go Ask Alex Honnold
Is your opening interesting? If not, get busy or you’ll lose your audience. Churchill said that in order to deliver a good speech, you have to have a strong opening and a dynamic ending and you need to put those… Read More »10 Questions Speakers Need to Answer
In 1996 I started out writing short blogs. I figured that since I liked short stuff, others would too. And to an extent, it worked. People often said they read my blogs because they were short. My book, The Essentials… Read More »Simplicity, Brevity, and their Step-Brother, Tenacity
There is a dark side of training. A few years back there was an article in The Wall Street Journal about corporate training. It said flat-out that training without follow-up coaching doesn’t work. It’s a waste of time and money.… Read More »Dark Side of Training
One Key to Persuasion Some years ago I met with leaders of a financial services firm. They wanted to hire me to improve the persuasive presentations that their client-facing team developed and delivered to prospects. We sat across a polished mahogany… Read More »One Key to Persuasion
Guess who is described below. He was at one time the most famous man in America. Identify the mystery man, and Sims Wyeth & Co. will send 10 lucky winners a very special copy of a book called A Zen… Read More »Guess Who