How to Infuse Acting into Your Speech
Read earlier posts in the How to Create the Best-Speech-of-Your-Life series. Introduction You have a first draft. You’re meeting with a mentor to gather feedback. Now what? ... Add a little acting flair to your speech. Do you ever…
One Way to Achieve Normal Blood Sugar
Warning This post contains links to the sources that helped me dramatically improve my blood sugar control as measured by average glucose, standard deviation, and HbA1c. If you want to improve, you have more work to do after reading this…
Paddington
Paddy died on September 5th, 2019. Born May 19th, 2008. We got him Labor Day weekend 2008. A month before we met him at a pet store in Springfield, PA. We couldn't afford him. We had two mortgages. A month…
How to Upgrade Your Speech with Humor, Stories, Power
Introduction (This speech isn't good. No one will pay attention. Why do I even try?) - everyone writing a speech ever We've all been here except the egomaniacs and the insane. You're neither (probably) so it could be worse. Rather…
Communicate Quickly with One-Sticky-Note
Context This article describes how to communicate well with minimum preparation time when you have a quick update to provide or a request to make. Quick means you're speaking less than five minutes, although a subsequent discussion might last longer.…
Leadership Presentation
Topics I gave a presentation on leadership behaviors to over one-hundred people at a conference in Valley Forge, PA on July 27th, 2019. The topics were: OwningPrioritizingCommunicatingCoachingDeciding Resources Check out a copy of the presentation handout with resources, exercises, and…
How to Get Feedback for Your Speech
Read earlier posts in the 'How to Create the Best-Speech-of-Your-Life' series. Introduction When developing the best five-minute speech of your life, you need feedback. If you’re delivering any important communication, a message to your team, a big presentation, answers for…
How to practice listening
Introduction For me the way to listen better is to turn the scenarios below into a video game. I score points whenever I use techniques like below. I lose points (and go red like the image below) whenever I say…