The following is a post written by my friend and client Leigh Mires, Principal and Training Director of Walter P Moore Engineering. She and I have been working for seven years to train their engineers to reduce their dependence on PowerPoint. I guess we have more work to do! Married to PowerPoint Cate Blanchett, portraying […]
Continue readingPresence is also an external quality that others sense and to which they respond. Other people perceive your presence as a magnetic force and they are drawn to you, because presence is actually a radiation of psycho-physical energy emitted from your body. It is your life force emanating from your body, and it occurs when […]
Continue readingI enjoy watching Chris Wallace’s show Sunday mornings. He usually stirs up debate on political issues by asking leading questions to guests and panelists from both political major parties. I usually watch with partial attention while getting dressed for my Sunday meditation group. Once in a while someone on his show speaks with unusual […]
Continue readingThe trick to awesome speaking is not looking good on the outside, but feeling good on the inside. You must build an inner foundation of comfort in your skin, presence, internal fullness and receptivity to the flow of other’s attention. What trips people up about speaking is often the internal tension that distracts […]
Continue readingWhen it comes to speaking, presenting or performing, each of us must decide how we are going to present ourselves to the world. We might each ask ourselves, “Will I create an image I think my audience will approve or will I risk presenting myself as I authentically am?” This question determines whether we will […]
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