Aug 7, 2025 | Feature Articles, Uncategorized
When I was a high school junior, I hit upon that certain rite of passage that so many of us do: college application essays. This was back in the day when we wrote them and maybe showed them to our parents, as compared to today’s parents hiring a ghost writer to...
Jul 8, 2025 | Feature Articles, Uncategorized
We’ve likely all heard the old psychological game, “Don’t picture a pink elephant.” Once you’ve heard that, you can’t not see it. Let’s take that a step further: we could show someone a picture and say, “Look at this picture...
May 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Uncategorized
Sometimes, it’s just not easy to make it clear what we do for people. Recently, a company just south of San Diego contacted me to ask me to run a public speaking skills class for sixteen of their top managers. I asked the cause for the class and heard back from...
May 15, 2024 | Feature Articles, Uncategorized
Recently, I was interviewed for an article for Medium.com on tips for TEDx speakers to be more effective. I needed to make it clear to Yitzi Weiner, the article author, that I didn’t see TEDx tips as being much different from any other speaking endeavor other...
