Speaking with stage fright is like driving with the emergency brake partially on. Your whole body trembles, your mouth gets hot and dry, you can smell the smoke rising from your armpits, and you can’t get to where you want… Read More »Got stage fright?
“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” — Teddy Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican President who was committed to checking the power of elites. His remark that… Read More »Public Speaking: The Big Fat Issue
When I was 12 years old, I went to a canoe camp in northern Quebec. Thanks Mom and Dad. It was great. We paddled for thirty days straight, pitching camp every night, foraging and cutting our own firewood. I was… Read More »Public Speaking is like splitting wood
I recently got a letter from a lawyer threatening to sue me because I had mistakenly used a copyrighted image in a blog. The letter was not a cease and desist letter. It was a shock and awe letter, so… Read More »Shock and awe work in presentations
Client facing skills (also known as sales skills and interpersonal skills) are essentially the skills of a very good conversationalist. Good conversations can lead to connection, mutual respect, and understanding (not necessarily agreement.) They can precipitate new, and strengthen existing,… Read More »The #1 Sales Skill
I am in and out of major American corporations as a consultant, a career which allows me to observe the good, the bad, and the ugly in presentation of self, and presentation of thinking. I hate to get real tactical-practical… Read More »Public speaking requires self-mastery