HUGH CULVER

How to Stop the BS and Get Started

How to Stop the BS and Get Started

My audience was financial planners. Not any financial planners - these were the gold star, top performers in their region. They walked on water.  I had been invited to speak about goal setting at their upcoming conference. And I had a problem. How do you get a...

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The one secret about public speaking nobody will tell you

The one secret about public speaking nobody will tell you

It took me 10 years to discover - completely by accident - the one secret to public speaking that not only saved my bacon countless times, but actually made every speech better. Today, I’m going to tell you what that secret is. But I’m getting ahead of myself. When I...

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How to make your first $1,000 as an expert

How to make your first $1,000 as an expert

You have expertise you want to sell. Maybe you’re a retired executive, or athlete, a savvy leadership expert or you’ve published a book. There’s hundreds of variations, but the bottom line is you know people will pay for your expertise and you want to make it happen....

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PowerPoint Primer – the only 3 slides you’ll ever need

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 hammered away at a script—adding, deleting, moving notes around until I...

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How I Overcome Imposter Syndrome

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 point. And then there comes a time to teach...

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