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Becoming a Better Presenter and Storyteller – Don’t Do THIS!
When most people think about becoming a better presenter, they immediately jump to writing content, taking professional speaking lessons, signing up for Toastmasters and honing their verbal presentation. They do a terrific job on their visuals, PowerPoints, talking points and summaries. They work on varying their vocal tone, moving their body in specific ways and deliver their stories and presentations over and over in front of the mirror and in front of others. Once they’ve got those things mastered, they head out on the road, or into the boardroom and are completely unprepared on the most important front.
Your Best Lent, Ever!
Lent is a time of preparation. It begins on Ash Wednesday when we are reminded that we started as dust and to dust we shall return. It is the time when the Christian Church recalls the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert, his Passion and death – and ultimately his Resurrection on Easter Sunday! It is the reason and the culmination of our Faith – and our hope for the future. As a time of preparation and self-sacrifice, Lent is often associated with fasting and giving things up that we enjoy. In particular, if we give up things like sweets and alcohol – that are not particularly good for us – it can be a time of cleansing … body and spirit – so that’s good.
Fresh Relationships
Jobs, kids, extended family challenges, friends, traffic, and every day life drama are all part of busying up our lives and sucking the romance out of our relationships. Whatever happened to the intense pizzazz and the crazy attraction of life with your spouse? Many couples say “It’s just too much work”, but does it really have to be that way? Do we really have to allow life to suck out the intimacy between spouses?
Laughter Can Rewrite Family History
This month will make my family and I one year anniversary of being a blended family. This is truly worth a celebration. I would be lying if I said it was all peaches and cream. During the past year we have had our share of family woes. There were some days that were just downright overwhelming; I asked myself what the hell did I get myself into?
How Not To Raise Darth Vader
Ever wonder if you are raising a villain?
Do you love Stars Wars and want to understand it from a child development point of view?
Get the answers to both of these questions in these videos:
The Power Of Affirmations
At the beginning of each New Year, many people rush to set resolutions for change in many areas of their lives, yet fail to meet their goals. There are three major roadblocks on the road to lifelong change and one extremely helpful tool to help you blast through and keep going. Though affirmations sometimes get a bad rap as being ineffective and ‘new age’, they actually serve two important functions.
Financial Plans Are Useless
Why would a financial planner who specializes in retirement planning be telling you that financial plans are useless?
No Time To Workout? No Problem!
The New Year always brings with it the promise of great things, happiness, joy, prosperity and health. The health part, is usually tied to some kind of resolution to exercise everyday that – let’s be honest here – usually doesn’t make it past the end of January. But why? I think the reason is simple… most of us simply don’t have the time to go to the gym or to dedicate an hour a day to working out. I get it…. It happens to me too! 🙂
What Your Kids and Jihadists have in Common!
You’re not going to like what I have to say and frankly I don’t care! We have entered a time when technology has advanced us beyond our capability to make wise judgements. The most vulnerable are our kids and most who read this have their heads in the sand – not having a clue what risks our children – youth – teens – young adults face. It’s a scary world and with technology kids and Jihadists have at least one thing in common – their desire for secrecy!
Achieve Your Dreams in 2016!
In our younger days most of us had big dreams…dreams of who we might become, dreams of things we wanted in our lives in the areas of love, family, health, career, life. As a young man I remember having many, many dreams in all areas of my life. The neat thing about that stage of my life was that I actually –believed- I would achieve my dreams! I had no boundaries set for myself. What an amazing and exciting way to live life! Believing your dreams will come true! Unfortunately as I got older, I lost confidence in my ability to capture many of my dreams.
