What is really important to you right now in your life? In other words, what do you really value? The main headings are: PEOPLE- THINGS- OTHER, e.g. career. Also finances. That word MONEY again!
Areas of goals:
These can be divided into short, medium and long-term; these respectively being six months, one wo years and […]
Every successful person understands that they can not succeed by themselves. Success is always based on effective partnerships.
Every business needs customers. Every manufacturer needssuppliers, and entrepreneurs depend on partners for financing, marketing, and production. Even the solitary day trader dependson thousands of people who maintain the systems that permit themto work alone.
But there are even […]
Time is the great equalizer for all of us. We all have 24hours in a day, 7 days a week, yielding 168 hours per week.Take out 56 hours for sleep (we do spend about a third ofour week dead) and we are down to 112 hours to achieve allthe results we desire. We cannot save […]
We all have too much to do. True? Sure nuf. And that saysa lot of good things about you. That you have too much todo suggests that a lot of people have entrusted muchconfidence in you. I mean, people who are drifting aboutearly each afternoon begging co-workers for something to do,may not have earned that […]
As I conduct my Time Management Seminars all over, my audiences consistentlytell me they want more out of life. Almost everyone I speak with has ayearning for improving several aspects of their lives. They have dreams andgoals about their future as yet unrealized.
Many come to the end in life with those visions unrealized, pictures intheir […]
Have you ever attended a lecture or discussion where the mainspeaker drones on and on and you wonder if hes ever going toquit? And even if the material was interesting enough, it was toocomplicated to work out in your head? Yeah, weve probably allbeen there, which is why its important to know how to make […]
One of the worst fears that public speakers have is that theywill forget their speech. Im sure none of us would want to feelthe embarrassment of standing in front of an audience not knowingwhat to say next.
If you do happen to experience a memory blank in your speech,there are some things that you should keep […]
It seems like a lot of old public speaking books seem to believein the strategy of telling the audience a joke at the beginningof a speech in order to break the ice.
That isnt a bad idea, but it wont work if you JUST tell a joke.Rather, make sure that your joke (or story, or example) […]
Genny Lloyd watched open-mouthed as Glenn Holloway camebarreling through the room almost at a run, his face beet-red, his expensive jacket slung over his shoulder like anold sweatshirt, and clearly so furious he didnt even knowthe others were there. When he disappeared into his corneroffice with a thunderous slam of the door, Genny lookedaround and […]
All is won or lost in just a few seconds. This can be aterrifying thought. Lasting impressions are made during thefirst few moments after you meet a person. Thus, your firstmeeting may be your only opportunity to generate a favorableoutcome.
This is the point where a failure to prepare sets the stagefor disaster. I define this […]
