How’s Your Poker Face?
The benefits of a poker face are widely extolled in poker but also in life. Poker faces help in cards, ...
Does Mind Over Matter Really Matter?
Growing up in New England, I was taught that mind over matter – mental discipline – was the way you ...
Does Grammar Matter?
Does grammar matter? And did you have a teacher in your youth who insisted on drumming the rules of good ...
Is Stress Bad for Speakers?
Is stress bad for humans? The popular view is that stress is bad, but the neurological research shows a more ...
What Are the Trends in Speaking Right Now?
What do audiences want to hear from speakers, coming out of the pandemic (if in fact we are finally emerging)? ...
How Did That Pandemic Work Out for Us?
What effect has the pandemic had on our collective psyches? Now that we are two and a half years into ...
Use This Surprisingly Simple Technique to Reduce the Stress of Public Speaking
An old saying has it that a ‘problem shared is a problem halved’. It’s a nice thought – unload your ...
What’s happened to our attention spans during the pandemic?
Attention spans are widely misapplied, misused, and misunderstood. The classic attention span research established that college students could pay attention ...
Should You Fake It Until You Make It?
We’ve all heard the advice, usually at some low points in our lives, from a well-meaning friend: just fake it ...
