How do you decide what to communicate when there’s so much to say? Doesn’t our audience deserve the benefit of all we know about the...

When you open your mouth to speak, what is the first sound you utter? Is it um or ah as you decide what to say? When you give a speech or...

Habits are successful because… well, because they are habits. We do them with little thought and minimal effort. However, a habit may...

Achieving goals and creating habits can be hard! To make the process more successful and permanent, we’ve explored the importance of:...

When you fail to achieve a goal or establish a habit, what barriers are most likely preventing your forward progress? Who or what is...

Habits are automatic behaviors, actions we take without conscious thought. To change a habit requires the opposite – conscious thought...

What have you wished for that hasn’t come to fruition? Stop and think – did you have a plan in place to make that wish a reality? Likely...

When do you most often set goals? At New Year’s when making resolutions is considered the thing to do? In fact, if you don’t set goals at...

Do you set New Year’s resolutions? If so, you’re not alone. Research indicates that more than 40% of Americans set resolutions at this...

What traditions are most important to you, your family, your community, and your audiences? When you think about the holiday season, as...

We may be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, but can we effectively and accurately complete more complex tasks or projects while...

Do you want to be more successful in your personal and professional life? Who doesn’t!? When thinking about factors that could lead to greater success, gratitude probably doesn’t make most people’s top 10 list, but maybe it should. The second post in this series, Did you know gratitude is good for you? lists 30 ways we benefit from experiencing gratitude. We learned that the impact of gratitude is measurable and may be greater than we thought. One area in which gratitude c

Does the idea of speaking in public cause you to feel anxious? Do you avoid situations that require speaking in front of others? Does...

Do you remember the first time you were asked to introduce a speaker? Maybe you were handed a 10-page resume listing hundreds of...

Have you ever been asked “Tell me about yourself” or “What do you do?”? Are you prepared with a succinct response clearly conveying the...

Small talk – it gets a bad rap – it’s fashionable to dislike and make fun of. Does small talk deserve a negative image? Or does it have...

Habits are a wonderful tool for achieving our goals because they automate the behaviors that are necessary for reaching those goals. The...

What goals have you set for yourself this year? Did you make a list of resolutions back in January? What have you achieved? A proven way...

Do you belong to or work for an organization or business? Can you state their mission and vision statements from memory? Do these...

How do you miscommunicate? Let me count the ways! I have personified 11 common ways we miscommunicate, giving each one a “face” and a...