Hugh Culver

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The secret to making any meeting, speech or presentation outstanding

meetings, presentations, speech

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 the problem - it’s your audience. There’s lots of research on this, but when I present, I expect 12-18 minutes is the limit of my audience’s attention (guess what the length of… Continue reading

PowerPoint slides - a primer

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 to change the world by teaching

How to change the world by teaching

Picture this — I’m asked to put together a 2-day workshop for company owners. I was in graduate school and had no idea how to create (let alone teach) a 2-day workshop. So, of course, I said “Yes!” That was… Continue reading

How to calm your nerves just before a speech

Welcome to my mid-week blog post. This is where I’ll be sharing quick tips on how to be a better speaker. I’m starting with about 40 topics that I’ll post every week that you can read in 5 minutes, or… Continue reading

15 Mistakes You Should Never Make on Stage

15 Mistakes You Should Never Make on Stage

We’ve all been there - watching a speaker on stage and feeling nervously uncomfortable. Maybe their content is great - even brilliant - but we’re so distracted by that little mannerism, habit, or (dare I say) “unique” clothing choice we… Continue reading

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My Most Popular Posts

Habits
• 3 daily rituals that will make you rich
• Make your bed and 12 more great habits for the super-busy person
•  What 500 cold showers taught me about keystone habits

Small wins
• 21 Small Wins that can Lead to Big Wins in Your Life
• Small Wins – why little steps are the path to big rewards
• Hey, small business owner – are you trying to boil the ocean?

Productivity
• How To Finally Stop Procrastinating On Exercise
• 13 shocking facts about how we waste time
• Want to make more money? Solve a bigger problem

Meet Hugh

I’m a recovering over-achiever who researches, writes, and speaks on how to think better, plan smarter, and act on what really matters.
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