You can’t read the label from inside the can

You can’t read the label from inside the can

This wisdom, via a friend via a podcast, tells us why we’re so lousy at analyzing and fixing ourselves. We can’t see things for what they are. We’re too close to the problem, which is us. But it doesn’t stop us from trying. This is related to another quote I use a lot...
We broke up

We broke up

In one of the public speaking classes I taught, the students were remarking on the prevalent use of speech fillers. They mentioned non-words such as “um,” “you know,” “like,” and “literally.” Once they became aware of the use, they began correcting themselves and...

Speed

Video Transcript:   In our public speaking skills workshops, we frequently ask how many of you have been told that you talk too fast? Usually about three out of every four people raise their hand and go, “yep that’s me talk too fast. Done it my whole...
Be Rather Than Seem

Be Rather Than Seem

    Video Transcript:   My wonderful home state of North Carolina has a motto, “Esse Quam Videri”…“to be rather than to seem”. It comes from an essay by Cicero on friendship. Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue, rather than to seem...
Always On

Always On

  Video Transcript:   In the video that won’t age well, it’s three weeks from today that I’ll drop my youngest child off on the steps of a dormitory. It’s bittersweet. I’m super proud of her, but I’m going to miss her. As...