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Jul 7, 2016 “You’ll Never Be Better than You are Today!”: Helpful Lines for Awkward Moments Was it just me, or did you find the 5-day holiday ‘weekend’ overwhelming? By its end, I was more convinced than ever that naptime is something that should be required… Read More
Jun 16, 2016 Temper, Temper: What to Do When Your Boss Is a Hothead This past week I received an email from someone who had just begun a new job—and discovered on day two that her boss had a temper. (Apparently another staff member… Read More
Jun 9, 2016 “I’ll Know It When I See It”: a.k.a. What to Do with a Know-It-All Last week I had the opportunity to be the keynote speaker at the National Jewelry show in Las Vegas (a.k.a. JCK). As is my habit, I opened up the floor… Read More
May 26, 2016 One Hour of Play = One Year of Conversation “You can discover more about a person in one hour of play than in a year of conversation,” is a quote attributed to Plato by some, although my good friend… Read More
May 19, 2016 Inspiration is Like a Cup of Coffee… This past week I was lucky enough to speak at a conference in New Orleans. (I loooooove New Orleans.) The industry to which I was speaking has been in flux… Read More
May 12, 2016 Poorly Placed Platitudes Make Others Peevish There are many quotes about effective public speaking/persuasion. One of my favorites comes from Winston Churchill, “Opening amenities are often opening inanities.”  His point—which I make to my clients ad… Read More
Apr 21, 2016 Anything Mentionable is Manageable Like many of you, I keep a sticky note on my computer to remind me of movies I want to see. For longer than I can remember, my sticky note… Read More
Mar 11, 2016 “The Big Reveal”: How a Classic Piece of Movie Magic Can Help Your Presentation This past week, I had two clients working on very different presentations. One, a police investigator, had to speak to a roomful of public defenders about the uses (and potential… Read More
Feb 18, 2016 WWBD? (What Would Beyonce Do?) Hello, hello, This morning, I read an interesting blog post about time management that included the following line: “We all have the same number of hours in the day as… Read More
Feb 11, 2016 The Art of Charm (Handily Packaged for Ease of Use) Hello, hello: A few weeks ago, I had the (amazing) opportunity to appear as a guest on The Art of Charm. We had a terrific discussion, during which I had… Read More

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