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The Best Thing We Can Do to Prepare for A Keynote

Imagine a giant convention center ballroom. This ballroom is ready for a conference keynote. At the front of the ballroom is a stage, with a huge screen. There are cameras, and teleprompters, and row after row after row of seats, just waiting for the audience to fill them. Backstage there are dozens of people running …

Why My Feedback May Not Be Worthwhile (part two)

On Monday, I wrote about Bill Hader’s insight about identifying what’s wrong versus knowing how to fix it. You can read part one here. This is part two. It’s important for me to say that as a coach, sometimes my suggestions on how to fix things are wrong. The point of coaching is that the …

Don’t Rush to Put Out That Fire

I’m rethinking what this blog might be. I love writing for you, and I’m curious about what you find interesting and useful. Today’s post is an old one, but I am venturing back into writing new posts (as Monday’s of this week was.) If you have ideas about what you’d like to see in this …

The Urge to Prove That You Were Right All Along

I’m rethinking what this blog might be. I love writing for you, and I’m curious about what you find interesting and useful. Today’s post is an old one, but I am venturing back into writing new posts (as Monday’s of this week was.) If you have ideas about what you’d like to see in this …

Meeting Clients Where They Are; or, The Birds in the Attic

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! This morning I went out to my garage to work out, and I discovered that two wrens …

You Can Make Webinars Less Terrible

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! Y’all. I have been in webinar hell. Without naming any names, I’ll share that I’ve been grinding …

“There is no ‘try’.”

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! An oft-quoted line from the great thinker, Yoda: Do, or do not. There is no try. When …

Getting Back on the Horse

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! It could happen. You’ve prepared, you’ve planned your talk using a strong intention,  you know just how …

Bad Presentation Habits Begin Early

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! My son is in high school, and recently he shared that a student in one of his …

Plan Continuation Bias (and why it’s bad)

I’m taking a sabbatical from writing new blog posts. You’ll be seeing some re-runs and old favorites for the next little while. You can always write me back with suggestions or ideas just by responding to this email! I’ve been listening to a fascinating podcast called “Cautionary Tales,” recorded by an economist by Tim Harford. …

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