Everyday about 5 pm, I drive past a street fighter at the corner of Westheimer and Shadowbriar. Really! A street fighter! For at least a year, I have seen this man, maybe 30 years old, dressed in fight gear, hat, gloves, armbands, shorts. He dances on the corner, fighting with an invisible opponent. Once…
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When one journey ends, another begins. But sometimes, maybe, you have to wait to see the next path. A little over 20 years ago, I started the journey of learning to transform stage fright and fear of public speaking so that I and others could connect with the power of presence when speaking or…
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Recently, I was fascinated by an NBC Dateline documentary spotlighting the singing star, Taylor Swift. What compelled me to pay attention and watch the whole hour twice was the authenticity from which this dynamo of a performer and businesswoman lives her life and runs her productions. At 19 years of age, she…
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“The split between the mind and body is one of the most painful things we face.” – Carla Bazemore – Founder, Yoga Lotus Carla, my yoga teacher, reminded me that the split between the mind and body causes us humans much difficulty. It is this same kind of mind/body split that makes…
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Impromptu speaking or thinking on your feet is synthesis thinking not new thought thinking. You do have to prepare to think on your feet; but then you have to let go and flow. So it uses structure and flow at the same time. In impromptu speaking or thinking on your feet, you are…
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Just wanting to keep you posted about my book It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from Your Heart. I am sending the book back for the fourth time to reprint the cover! Shish! I might be inclined to just let it go to…
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I heard this on the radio today, “Great Leadership begins with the ability to level with people.” That’s another way of saying we must be transparent to be effective as leaders. I just heard Obama criticized for going to Cairo to “apologize” for American behavior. It might just be that he was being transparent…
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Rob Schultze at Blockbuster Multimedia just sent me a valuable article about creating titles for articles that compel people to pay attention. He says that there are three terrific tips to boost the octane and effectiveness of your article titles. The same tips apply to creating titles for talks, speeches and presentations. Read his article…
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Update on Sandra Zimmer’s Book – It’s Your Time to Shine: How to Overcome Fear of Public Speaking, Develop Authentic Presence and Speak from your Heart For those of you who have called or emailed to ask where is the book, it is about 3 weeeks away from being at amazon.com. We are tweaking the…
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Most people are used to hearing others say what is bad and wrong about them. That is one of the causes of fear of public speaking. It shocks people to hear all the good that you sense and see in them. We use “mirroring the good” as a part of our speaking training to…
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