Sometimes it can be a huge challenge to be funny. But being funny and using humour are incredibly powerful tools in public speaking. They can make an audience relate to your message. They can provide contrast to a serious subject and lighten the mood, making the audience more receptive. They can improve your image as […]
"Most of the things worth doing in the world have been declared impossible before they were attempted." -- Earl Nightingale
by Bob Proctor I believe we would all agree that having a winning feeling is prerequisite to achieving outstanding results. A person can't possibly expect to win if they're constantly focusing on failure! The real secret here is to capture that winning feeling of success as often as you can to create the environment necessary […]
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By Sijith Salim He who loves a book has got a faithful friend, a wholesome counselor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter. By studying, reading, thinking, one may innocently divert and pleasantly entertain himself, as in all weathers, as in all fortunes. ~ Barrow ~ During a train journey I had recently, I noticed an elderly woman who occupied the […]
"I am determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may find myself. For I have learned that the greater part of our misery or unhappiness is determined not by our circumstance but by our disposition." Martha Washington Creating lasting change In times of uncertainty, people look to leaders for guidance. Imagine having […]
Breath Winner Miles Franklin award for Literature 2009 by Tim Winton This slender book packs an emotional wallop. Two thrill-seeking boys, Bruce and Loonie, are young teenagers in smalltown Australia, circa the early 1970s. Their attraction is focused on the water—ponds, rivers, the sea—but they do little more than play around until they fall in […]
from "10 Days to More Confident Public Speaking" (Chapter 5 - pages 107 - 110) Copyright, 2001 Philip Lief Group Inc & Lenny Laskowski -------------------------------------------------------- Gestures are reflections of every speaker's individual personality. What's right for one speaker may not be right for another; however, if you apply the following seven rules, you can become […]
"If I were to wish for anything, I should not wish for wealth and power, but for the passionate sense of the potential, for the eye which, ever young and ardent, sees the possible. Pleasure disappoints, possibility never." ~ Søren Kierkegaard
Writing an essay, taking a pop quiz, and giving a speech probably are three of the tasks students dread most. Speaking in public terrifies many people of all ages. Adolescents are not immune. It doesn't matter that they may be speaking only to their closest friends; most students feel very nervous because peer pressure is […]
