Peter Victor Ueberroth was the leader of the 1984 Olympics. I was a young speech coach working with the Chairman of KPMG, the global consulting firm. Ueberroth was the keynote speaker the morning of the first day of the firm’s… Read More »Buckets of Tears
Let’s start with the idea that we need to introduce ourselves to our listeners. Even before social distancing, we couldn’t shake hands with them unless we went quickly, offering a nod or a grunt, like the Duke of Kent at… Read More »Keeping The Audience Happy
Snap judgments count! Warmth and competence are the two critical variables that people use to assess your character and intentions. These two categories account for 80 percent of our overall evaluations of people and shape your emotions and behaviors toward… Read More »Snap Judgments Count
Are you happy? Long ago Aristotle concluded that the great majority of humanity seeks happiness. Happiness is what we seek, but we also have other goals, like health, beauty, money and power. Except we only chase those goals because we… Read More »One Way to Happiness
Gary Forman is a friend of mine and a really good speech writer. He came over to my place to get my feedback on a speech he was working on. It was short and fierce, and so was he–a fierce… Read More »Youie Youness of You
Back to Basics Let’s get back to basics. Let’s get back to the Rule of Three. Ever been to London? Stop, look and listen should be paramount in your mind because the traffic goes the wrong way. Like spaghetti westerns?… Read More »Rule of Three