November 30, 2022
Driving the interstates in winter can be boring when you are on level land with typical Midwest harvested cornfields stretching out for miles beyond you. […]
March 12, 2018
Have you ever thought after paying attention to a person talk that somehow you still missed important information? Listening is more than paying attention. Telling […]
April 18, 2016
Recently I ordered lunch for my wife and me at a deli. I said, “I want two turkey sandwiches on wheat, one with cheese and one […]
September 14, 2015
In my speaking career, I have developed and delivered many times some version of four different speeches. I make ten to twelve different points in […]
June 28, 2014
Drake Baer, in an article titled “The Science Behind Why Your Mind Keeps Wandering,” begins with this exercise. “Count your exhalations–1, 2, 3–all the way […]
March 15, 2013
Where can you find humor for your next presentation? You don’t have to go online to find good jokes or watch David Letterman to find […]
January 1, 2013
At a presentation skills workshop I conducted for a group of executives recently, I asked each what they wanted to gain from the program. The most common […]
November 19, 2012
After listening to someone, have you ever thought that you were working hard to pay attention and yet you missed important information? Listening is more […]