In its ugliest form, greed loves things and uses people.  Speakers who use people to fill their need for attention, love and understanding, never feel whole.  When you love... more

Your innate defenses become offences against reality by omitting what you know and committing to what you know isn't so. You may never speak the whole truth and nothing but the truth out of ignorance, but it is a tangled web you weave when you deceive yourself.

The civility of common courtesies is really the residue of rights respected and duty done. In an ideal world performing your duty would naturally lead to additional rights.  The rub is that you must continue to be dutiful, in order to ...more

If there is really something for you to apologize for don't begin your presentation with it and don't keep returning to the issue.  Address it as an aside and let it slide.  Whether your presentation is great or grim learn to...more

For most of us, being out standing in a field, is relatively rare. The closest we come to nature is passing through the produce section on the way to the candy aisle. Whether the last gift from the ground that you held in your hand was a carrot or an M&M (assuming there was a peanut inside), it was probably planted by someone you will never ...

Dazzling your audience with oratory, enunciating your message eloquently and exemplifying excellence in your elocution are admirable aspirations. Grounding your style, cogency and grace in plain words guarantees the finest compliment any speaker could wish for... more

When you combine these skills someone may compliment you by saying, “you're killin' it,” but you will know it is a continuing...more

Of course when you eat right, engage in moderate exercise and get plenty of rest you are the picture of health. What might not be so obvious is that what you feed your audience, how you exercise their attention, and how often you let them rest determine the health of ... more

Hopefully you have had at least one teacher whose passion for their subject was... more

Lose the “ado's” and other clichés so when you lead the applause, the speaker can step up, not stumble over your introduction.