“There are three kinds of violence: one, through our deeds; two, through our words; and three, through our thoughts. …The root of all violence is in the world of thoughts, and that is why training the mind is so important.” -- Eknath Easwaran
“Leadership is not a right; it's a responsibility.”
—John Maxwell
“Resentment is one burden that is incompatible with your success. Always be the first to forgive; and forgive yourself first always"
........Dan Zadra
"The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream."
-William Shakespeare
“Success is deciding from the start what end result you want and creating the circumstances to realize that result.”
—Mark Victor Hansen
"It's amazing what you can accomplish if you simply refuse to quit."
- Porter Stansberry
“This is the single most powerful investment we can ever make in life—investment in ourselves, in the only instrument we have with which to deal with life and to contribute.”
~ Stephen Covey
That terrible moment when someone loses complete track of what they are saying - there is a blank, their face drops, and then becomes more and more frantic. This is painful not only for the speaker but for the audience.
Develop a strategy now so that if, despite your best preparations, a blank happens, you have something to say. You could remark, “Oops I’ve lost it” and maybe you can add some appropriate humour (“Must have left the speech in front of the mirror!”) and then add something like “Now where was I?”
Look at your notes if necessary – “We were talking about …”
If it’s really bad, ask the audience.
Whatever strategy you use along these lines, you keep the audience, and yourself, moving on, returning to target and none of you is embarrassed. So if you fear the blank moment, be prepared with a strategy that will allow you to deal smoothly with the situation.
Ability will never catch up with the demand for it.
- Malcolm Forbes
Parents Love - Emotion Fades Through Time, But Love Is a Choice.
