At the price this is a real bargain--despite its age. This book tells you in great detail how to make money by public speaking, and makes some great points. The strategy on how to get started is only one of many possible approaches. There is also a section on how to get engagements even […]
You have a sink full of dishes, three loads of laundry, 17 bills to pay, you're not sure how many e-mails to answer, a big stack of novels you'd love to read, and zero — count them — ZERO minutes of free time. "Where does the time go?" you lament. Here are some ideas to […]
"The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does."-James M. Barrie……………………………………………………………………… Resource for the Week The Power of Positive ThinkingYou've probably read every self help book out there and purchased loads of self improvement courses on positive thinking...But they've always been missing something.Sure, you've been through the […]
It is the inevitable topic of conversation at a networking event: Tell me about your job. When I explain my life's work -- teaching leaders to achieve their dreams through powerful public speaking -- my conversation partner often shrugs and says, "Oh, I could never deliver a speech. I get too nervous." My response: "What […]
Teleseminar - listen on July 8 (or wait for the download) with Elaine Floyd The old publishing model is nearly dead for most authors. Finding an agent, then a publisher, then waiting 18-24 months for the book to be produced is way too long for entrepreneurs who can sell their book to their clients, in the back […]
Teleseminar - listen on July 8 (or wait for the download) with Elaine Floyd The old publishing model is nearly dead for most authors. Finding an agent, then a publisher, then waiting 18-24 months for the book to be produced is way too long for entrepreneurs who can sell their book to their clients, in the back […]
[Via Publisher's Weekly] Two fall books from children’s divisions are likely to be two of the biggest-selling books of the year, period. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley, Aug. 2) and Brisingr by Christopher Paolini (Knopf, Sept. 20), both eagerly anticipated by booksellers, each have first printings of 2.5 million copies. Hundreds of bookstores […]
Tim Wilson makes a short but very valid point about the questions to ask while speaking so that you can connect with the audience. http://speakingquicktips.blogspot.com/2008/07/power-of-moment.html
As HBS professor Laura Morgan Roberts sees it, if you aren't managing your own professional image, others are. "People are constantly observing your behavior and forming theories about your competence, character, and commitment, which are rapidly disseminated throughout your workplace," she says. "It is only wise to add your voice in framing others' theories about […]
If you have any old books that you never plan on reading again, here are some fun ways to recycle them: Get all the details
