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I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. This post was originally published in August of 2021. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! I attended a funeral last week. The woman ... Continue Reading
I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! They say that, when you start running for exercise, you need to give yourself ten minutes to ... Continue Reading
What should we do when our mood is at odds with our intention? We know that we need to focus on the long-term impact of our communication. We know that getting frustrated or irritated won’t advance our cause. But we’re only human. We get annoyed, we get tired of running into the same obstacles, and ... Continue Reading
Putting in the work. Bit by bit, over days and weeks and months, we can get better at something. Problem is, we often don’t think about putting in the work until it really matters—and then it’s too late. There are so many things we’ve learned this way, though. When we were small, everything was like ... Continue Reading
When you’re in the audience, how do you want to feel? Encouraged Motivated Seen Welcomed That your time is being valued Entertained Inspired Engaged That you’re in good hands Connected Convinced When you’re the one speaking to the audience, remember this. I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs ... Continue Reading
[This is reposted from May, 2018–] So…practice. You may have noticed that some things are easier to plan to practice than to actually, you know, practice. “I’ve blocked out time on my calendar every day this week to practice my speech!” Easy. “I practiced my presentation every day this week!” Hard. About five weeks ago ... Continue Reading
It was a busy morning in our house, and I needed to leave early. I asked my kids to do several things before they left for school. The first thing I asked my daughter to do involved looking up information on her phone. While she was doing that, I said, “Please make sure to get ... Continue Reading
William Shakespeare knew a lot about appealing to an audience. He wrote quickly, and he wrote to make money. He knew that he needed to create plays that made different kinds of people happy, from the working class groundlings to the Queen of England. Here’s how he did it: He included something for everyone. Even ... Continue Reading
Hi all! I’m going to take a sabbatical from writing the blog. I’ll be rerunning some older posts for the next few weeks, so if you feel like you’re reading something you’ve read before, you probably have! If you’re so inclined, I’d love to hear from you. What would you like more of from this ... Continue Reading
Do you know how long a minute is? Three minutes? Five minutes? I don’t mean literally—I assume you know how many seconds will elapse in one minute. But when you’ve been asked to speak for minute, do you have a sense of how long that is? As someone who frequently times people speaking, formally and ... Continue Reading
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