Confessions of a Life Long Meditation Avoider

I have always hated meditating. I KNOW it is one of those “magical” activities that is supposed to give me the ability to go all Neo and slip into the Matrix at will (yes, that was a The Matrix reference), or something much like that. Which sounds awesome. And useful....

Raising The Bar

Since I’ve been on a roll (rant) about raising the bar as speakers, let’s explore a technique that will make us ALL better speakers and presenters, shall we? Great speakers put 50% of their prep time into the opening and closing of their speech. Why? Because openings...

Have you ever tried using the Hero’s Journey?

I’m in it. Up to my neck. The project is dense and dark and feels overwhelming. In Story Land, that’s the point where cool stuff starts to happen. I know that. But I don’t live in Story Land. I live in Mary Land. (hee. get it?) Let’s inspect...