3 Secrets to Making A Great First Impression

You get less than a second to make a first impression. Here are 3 easy to learn secrets that will tip the scales in your favor. Perhaps you’ve heard the expression “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” How quickly do people form an opinion of you? Seconds? Minutes? WORSE.  Not […]

Learn to Speak the Language of Love

Is love a mystery? Not really. If you’re in a relationship, or planning to be in one, one of the best things you can do is learn to be a better communicator. Below are some quick tips on how to bring even more love into your life. Determine your love language by taking the 5 […]

Lawyers: How to Win Cases with Storytelling

What captivates a jury more? Facts or stories? Developing a story for your trial will keep your jury engaged. This blog post will help you develop those beginning skills. Remember being a child and having your favorite book read to you by a parent? Or hearing someone tell a funny family story that is often […]

7 Steps to Promoting a Bestselling Book

You’ve written a book, it’s published and…now what? Here are some tips to help you make your book a bestselling phenomenon. If you’re a writer, it’s likely you’ve spent countless hours conceptualizing, writing, and editing your book. You’ve also probably spent as much or more time getting it published. Now what? Brooke Warner, publisher at […]

QUICK TIPS ON LEADING DURING A CRISIS

If you’re in a crisis situation, top performing leaders stay calm and in control. Here’s how to achieve that. Sometimes stressful situations make you feel like you’re in a building that’s on fire, your hair’s on fire and everything is crashing down around you. Studies have shown that 90% of top performing leaders stay calm […]

12 Quick Tips to Help You Feel Confident

What can you do to increase your self confidence? None of us go through life with our confidence meter stuck on 100% all of the time. Why do we feel confident? Why don’t we? Improving our confidence takes self-reflection and practice. Here are some quick tips to help. I recently conducted a  workshop on improving […]

THREE QUICK TIPS FOR TACKLING TOXIC PEOPLE

          Know-It-Alls, Bullies, Whiners, Gossips, Angry Aggressors, Passives…           We’ve all come across toxic people, in both our work and personal lives. But what do you do when you’re stuck dealing with one for a LONG time? During a recent seminar I taught on how to read body language, an attendee […]

How to Detect a Liar

Let’s face it, everyone lies. Fortunately, with a little practice, liars become easy to spot. These simple tips will help you not be deceived. Lies can run the spectrum from trying not to hurt someone’s feelings to toxic manipulation in work, life or love. Listen To What Is Being Said “Timmy, did you eat one of […]

5 Reasons Leaders Crash and Burn

Can you recall when a supervisor/manager/CEO in charge of a business, committee or project caused everything to derail? Here’s why this happens.   They Aren’t Natural Born Leaders Leadership comes pre-loaded in some people. They’re the ones everyone turns to when a decision needs to be made. They step in and say “Here’s what we […]

How To Be a More Effective Communicator

With a little practice, you can be a more effective communicator. More so than famous people, athletes and politicians. Here’s how. I’ve been a fan of Marc Maron’s WTF podcast quite awhile and was surprised former President Barack Obama had decided to visit Marc’s garage in LA and give an interview. Then I listened to […]