We all need to take a break sometimes. Taking it easy helps recharge your batteries and clear out the clutter in your mind. Emptying your mind from time to time is fine; however, living an empty headed life is Continue reading
Labor is still, and ever will be,
the inevitable price set upon
everything which is valuable.
– Samuel Smiles
Do you see your life as a Continue reading
Speech Smarts Ignorance Podcast
We have all heard that ignorance is bliss. It’s not. Ignorance is ignorance. What you do not know cannot help you, and often, it can hurt you. I am amazed at my own ignorance even though I spend time everyday studying how to think, how to listen and how to speak. Ignorance lingers like a shadow on the edge of Continue reading
Speech Smarts Personality Podcast
Who you are speaks so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.
Are you a commodity or a character? Here is a simple test. If anyone else could be giving your pitch, you are a commodity. If you are the only one in the world who can say what you have to say, you are a character. A character is someone whose personality Continue reading
speech smarts diligence Podcast
What we hope ever to do with ease,
we must learn first to do with diligence.
– Samuel Johnson
It’s hard to be consistent and earnest when we want to improve ourselves. We are tempted to cram for exams and presentations. A fake it ‘til you make it philosophy is just that, fake. Do you hope that getting it done doesn’t require you to prepare? Diligence is Continue reading
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero
Disgust can be your greatest friend. Revulsion which reverberates through your gut is impossible to ignore. It is an emotional command to remove yourself or Continue reading
Have you ever told a lie? Never. Oh, really? Well, maybe once or twice as a kid, but it was a little one just to avoid being punished or to keep a friend out of trouble. The truth is that we are all Continue reading
What do ornately carved blocks of granite and marble say to you? Perhaps a few words in commemoration of the life that has passed. If it was someone you knew and loved, it is doubtful that the cold stone Continue reading
Zen monks spend their lives learning how to make their minds go blank at will. The moment an aspiring speaker stands before an audience their mind will Continue reading
Are you suspicious when a stranger is kind to you? Perhaps you don’t want to be taken advantage of, or feel obligated. Yet, the experience of kindness is one of the supreme social pleasures, because Continue reading