speaking

Enough with the damned fire hose, already!

January 27, 2011
fire hose

ShareA couple weeks ago, I attended the Millionaire Mind Intensive* for the second time. Or…shall I say, I attended *part* of it. I left late in the afternoon of the first day. It was not for “lack of information/content.” Because this seminar is packed full of content. Good content. Useful content. Potentially life changing content. [...]

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No one died and I didn’t throw up on my shoes

November 5, 2010

ShareWednesday night I did stand up comedy. For the first time in nearly 2 years. And probably possibly for the last time. Earlier in the day, I confessed to one of my mastermind buddies that I wasn’t in the mood for performing. She told me that her standard for success in something like that was: [...]

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I want to change the world. You?

September 30, 2010

ShareI’ve been working on a blog post for 3 days now. This is not it. Instead, I present my somewhat aspirational answers to Naomi Dunford’s invitation to play with her. What’s your game? What do you do? I’m a motivational speaker/trainer. I deliver live presentations and workshops. I blog. I offer soon-to-be-developed online “things” to [...]

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What the hell am I doing?

September 27, 2010

ShareAs so often happens…a number of events or ideas ganged up on me came together and gave me some insight. 1. I failed my accountability experiment I said I would write 3 posts a week in September. As an experiment in doing what I said I’d do. In keeping promises to myself. And here I [...]

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You’re a WHAT? Eww…

September 20, 2010

ShareLast Thursday night, I attended a large networking gathering featuring a motivational speaker. And this speaker did something that I’ve seen lots…maybe even most….motivational speakers do. He denied being a motivational speaker. To the point of acting somewhat offended that he would be “lumped in with that group.” I’m not a motivational speaker. I’m an [...]

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Sippy cups and ex-husbands

September 8, 2010

ShareThere is no educational or social redeeming content in this video whatsoever. Just me doing my damnedest to be funny. I delivered this at one of my new Toastmasters clubs. It’s a cross between a stand up comedy routine and an “icebreaker speech” (a Toastmasters speech project where you introduce yourself to the club.) The [...]

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