What if you could improve your value by 50% in 2023 just by learning one skill? Billionaire Warren Buffet, in an address to business students at Columbia University, stated this necessary skill is public speaking. “If you can’t communicate and talk to other people … you’re giving up your potential” , Buffet stated. Public speaking …
Judgement demands punishment. – David Kessler I was arrested by these three words when I heard Kessler make this statement in an interview with Brene Brown. Becoming unoffendable has been an intention I’ve been working on for yours. Is it even possible? Probably not, but it’s a worthy goal. As a trainer that specializes in …
“Question everything,” Albert Einstein advised. This is a key to success, for the the answers we get are a consequence of the questions we ask. Every December, I do a year-end review. One of the questions I ask is, “What are the most important lessons I’ve learned this year?” 2020 has offered the opportunity to …
The cultural climate in America in these days following an extraordinarily divisive election is unsettling at best and chaotic at worst. We are all weary of accusations, contention, and downright malicious talk. Behaving with “malice toward none and charity toward all” might sound overly optimistic and highly improbable. But those are the words spoken by …
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The way you use your voice can either increase your influence or cause others to shut you out. Have you ever watched a conversation go downhill because of the disrespect communicated non-verbally? We’ve all experienced the reality of, “it’s not what you said, it’s how you said it”. Some people think they can be heard …
Most of us are comfortable speaking and communicating with other people and do so every day. Yet, for some reason, when it comes to speaking from a public platform, most people shrink back because they feel inadequate. Why is this? “We get virtually no training in these skills. We’re just expected to know them”, says …
As a school child, I was constantly reprimanded for talking too much. Mrs. Bissell, my 5th grade teacher, told me she saw the back of my head more than she did my face. (Apparently, I was always turned around in my desk talking to someone.) More recently, while in the gym, a trainer commented that …
Emotional Quotient (EQ) has been in the forefront of research on human performance for at least two decades, yet many still haven’t heard the news: EQ is more important than IQ. In other words, caring, compassion, and the desire to invest relationally counts more in creating success than grades, degrees and diplomas. What is EQ? …
There are never a shortage of students when I teach workshops on “Dealing with Difficult People.” It’s fascinating, and not surprising that the interest in this topic doesn’t wane. A willingness to engage in difficult conversations is one of the keys to transforming a difficult relationship into a healthy one. Today’s vlog gives some highlights …
Our lives succeed or fail one conversation at a time. It’s easy to dismiss this notion, but the power of our words is inestimable. The art of engaging in clear, confident, and coherent conversation seems to be going the way of the fax machine. The major difference is that the value of face-to-face communication skills will …