Inspired by Others

Inspired by Others

Are You Inspired? Lately I have been inspired by people I have encountered who are doing things that seem unexpected, at least to me. What inspires you? For the past few weeks I have been organizing an area speech contest for Toastmasters International. This has...
I Must Be True To Myself

I Must Be True To Myself

Am I Being True to Myself? Do you ever get tired of trying to do something the way everybody else does it? I know I do. It always leads me to the question of whether I am being true to myself. When I first got into the speaking business, I met a lot of people who...
I Call Bullshit!

I Call Bullshit!

Is This the Real Life? People always ask speakers what it is they speak about. Speakers then rattle off some well-crafted short “elevator” speech. That is great for those speakers who are out there busting their butts trying to make a living in the business of...
Confidence in the Outcome Counts

Confidence in the Outcome Counts

Confidence Can Control the Result The fact that a person has very little confidence in the positive outcome of an event has a great deal to do with the outcome of that event. That statement seems evident and at the same time I encounter people almost every day who are...
Sexual Harassment and The Entrepreneur

Sexual Harassment and The Entrepreneur

Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment in the workplace has been against the law in America for more than fifty years. In Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Congress enacted the following language. “It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer … to...