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Mar 12, 2020 Want to Keep Your Presentation Alive? (or Short-Circuit Your Sullen Teenager?) Take Questions Throughout I spent yesterday working with four clients who are frequently asked to give speeches. One of the (many) things we discussed was the value of having the audience ask questions… Read More
Mar 5, 2020 “You’re Going to Do What You’re Going to Do Until You’re Done Doing It” Have you ever been in a situation where – despite what you think, know, or feel, you “should” be doing—you keep doing the thing that makes you nutty? I have,… Read More
Feb 27, 2020 What’s Your Intangible Cultural Heritage? Hola from Buenos Aires, We arrived in Buenos Aires yesterday and—for those of you who haven’t been here—run, don’t walk: such a beautiful city, such lovely people, such delicious food…… Read More
Feb 20, 2020 The Benefits of Being Childlike—Not Childish* (Note: Childlike = innocent. Childish = immature) These past two weeks, I’ve been lucky enough to travel around the southernmost tip of Latin America. As you might imagine, it’s a… Read More
Feb 13, 2020 Sometimes it’s Best to Take a Big Step Back Greetings from Latin America! As you can see from the pictures, above, tango lessons have begun. Our hope is to arrive in Buenos Aires with a modicum of understanding of… Read More
Feb 6, 2020 If You Want to Grow, Don’t Forget the Importance of the Long View Greetings Wow-types, As you see in the pictures, above, I have been doing a certain amount of balancing on my forearms these last few weeks. In the pose on the… Read More
Jan 30, 2020 “When You Water Down Truth, You Water Down Transformation” I spent this past weekend in Los Angeles doing more communication/ partnership work with the lovely and talented Alison Armstrong. One of the many things she said that made me… Read More
Jan 23, 2020 “That’s Not a Terrible Idea…” Don’t Let a Tepid Response Push Your Hot Button Recently, I was working with a client who—in response to a suggestion I made regarding how he might move forward—said, “That’s not a terrible idea.” While my internal reaction was… Read More
Jan 16, 2020 Clarifying is Critical: How Clarifying Questions Can Alleviate Stress and Offer Control This past Wednesday I had the pleasure and privilege of speaking to students at my Alma Mater. (See photo above) Among the many topics we covered was the importance of… Read More
Jan 9, 2020 Patience, Young Grasshopper, 2020 is Only One Week Old I don’t know about the rest of you but I’ve spent the first days of 2020 feeling discombobulated/stressed/blue. I’m thinking this is partly due to the additional hoopla surrounding this… Read More

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