I just wrote my final email to my 2017 BOSS students. And there’s a bit in there I thought you might like. BOSS is an 8-week speaker training program I offer once a year. But it’s more than a bunch of videos - we have weekly calls, guest speakers, coaching and a networking group. It’s a community. And it’s always a bitter sweet moment when I wrap it up—part of me wants… Continue reading
How to slap self-doubt in the face and get stuff done
I just got off the phone with a student in my BOSS program. She needed tough love. She was running around in cerebral circles thinking of all the things she should be doing, could be doing, to move her speaking… Continue reading
The secret to making any meeting, speech or presentation outstanding
Congratulations - you’re about to give a speech! Or maybe you’re speaking at your bi-weekly team meeting, or it’s a presentation at your company’s annual dinner. The problem is you’re boring. To be fair, it’s not so much you that’s… Continue reading
How to create your first online course – step by step instructions
Sometimes it pays to get advice. Maybe you want to volunteer overseas, buy a real camera, or take up meditation. You could do it on your own, but it could be frustrating, expensive, or not get you the results you want. It's… Continue reading
PowerPoint Primer – the only 3 slides you’ll ever need
I don’t know if I was more scared or excited. I’d been invited to speak to over 1,000 Rotarians - my biggest speech yet (by an order of 100). I had just under a month to prepare. Every evening I… Continue reading
How I Overcome Imposter Syndrome
The late Stephen Covey had a great line: “We teach what we most need to learn.” That’s been my pattern for far too long. If it wasn’t leadership, it was conflict resolution and, more recently, productivity. That works, to a… Continue reading
Why pigs don’t fly (truth revealed)
There are some things you just take for granted. Like... eating chocolate torte every night will catch up with you (in a bad way), adding the cute barista at Starbucks to your contact list is a bad idea, and pigs… Continue reading
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