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WHY YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOURSELF MORE.

WHY YOU SHOULD TALK TO YOURSELF MORE.

It’s no surprise that one of the most influential voices in your life is your own, but are you taking advantage of that? I’m not just talking about the little voice in your head. According to research, talking to yourself out loud can be a powerful tool to help you...
Can You Spot the Lie?

Can You Spot the Lie?

When I show audiences how to “read the room” by understanding subtle nonverbal cues, I’m often asked if there are specific signals that prove someone is lying. The answer may surprise you: At this point,  no one and no technology can definitively detect a lie 100% of...
What a Fly Can Teach You About Zoom

What a Fly Can Teach You About Zoom

Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past couple of weeks, you’re aware of the impact one small fly had on the nationally televised U.S. Vice Presidential debate. I don’t want to focus on politics or the candidates, but I would like to share with you how this could help you have more influence when you participate in virtual meetings, whether on Zoom or other platforms.

Why talking to yourself isn’t crazy

Why talking to yourself isn’t crazy

Think about a time when you felt nervous about an important business presentation… Remember how fast your heart was beating before you began to speak. Maybe your throat felt dry as you were giving your presentation. Both are normal stress responses from your brain’s...
Go Ahead, Float Your Ideas Out There

Go Ahead, Float Your Ideas Out There

I was recently visiting the Chihuly Glass and Gardens in Seattle, and was surprised to learn that my favorite glass artist “lives the message” in my TED Talk. If you’ve ever seen his beautiful boats filled with glass floating on water, you may have wondered how Dale...
What’s Stopping You?

What’s Stopping You?

It was a thrill to give my first Ted Talk at the TEDxPlano event in Texas! I will send out the video link in about a month when it posts to the TED site. In the meantime, here’s a brief overview… I’ll try not to spoil any of the surprises (of which there were many in...

When Mission Statements Miss the Mark

I was listening to National Public Radio recently. Lucy Kellaway, a columnist for the Financial Times was poking fun at management jargon. The topic of her witty ranting on this particular day was the company mission statement. You know what she’s talking about –...

Business for Peace

This week, I spent time facilitating a marketing session with visiting women entrepreneurs from Rwanda and Afghanistan. The women I worked with are in the U.S. for a few weeks as part of the “Business for Peace” program. We tackled putting together marketing...

Office Language

In my opinion, many offices do have a distinctive “Body Language.” After all, body language is primarily the visual expression of an inside feeling. With people, you can see it in the way they hold their arms, the position of their legs and, of course, the expressions...

Negotiation by the Numbers

In a price negotiation, should you throw out the first number or not? If you think the answer is obvious, you may be in for a shock. Up until this week, I thought that negotiations experts agreed you should always let the other guys give the first offer. I remember...