Your Job: Be the Nicest Person in the Room

It pays to be nice. As a professional speaker, for over 30 years, I have found this to be true. Don’t believe the hype, even when people tell you that you’re fabulous at what you do. Years ago, I experienced a wake-up call.  I was booked to keynote at a women’s conference at a university…

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Better Than the First Day of School

Yesterday was the First Football Sunday of the 96th season of the National Football League.  I took the whole day off from writing my next book. The working title is Pitch Perfect: Speak to Grow Your Business in 7 Simple Steps. Helping people find their voice and toot their own horn about their business is…

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Will Life Imitate Art?: TV NFL Player Comes “Out”

I have long believed life imitates art.  Leonardo da Vinci conceptualized a helicopter and a tank centuries before they were “invented.”  The pioneering submarine designer, Simon Lake, credited his inspiration to Jules Verne’s science fiction story, “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.”  It seems to me if we humans can envision it, it can happen and…

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Running Tough

Anyone who has run a marathon—as I have—knows just how tough it can be.  And that it’s not about how you start, but how you finish.  And it’s not even about HOW you finish, it’s just about finishing!  It’s about the phrase, “Just do it”—whether it’s through scorching sun in the Desert, or driving rain…

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Discovering Anthony Davis

So I had a “Placido Domingo” moment the other day watching the Final Four Men’s game between Kentucky and Louisville.  As you know, I don’t follow NCAA Basketball until March Madness; then, I’m all over it.  So this big 6-foot 6-inch kid comes out for Kentucky named Anthony Davis, and they say he’s a freshman,…

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Necessary Roughness Rules March Madness

So I guess the Madness part is that I watched 8 college basketball games a day for two days straight this last weekend.  I know I’m an official Football Girl, but there’s something that grabs me about young men and women giving their all, playing a sport with all their heart 100 percent full out,…

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