I worked half my life to be an overnight success, and still it took me by surprise.,.Jessica Savitch One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I’ve ever spent.,Sandra Cisneros A lot of people think I was an overnight success, but I was an opening act for […]
Look, you ask me why people don’t listen you in your presentations. Why they snooze, dose, check their phones and chat to their neighbours. Why they stare glassy-eyed and passive. Why they sink further into their seats and look nervously at their watches. Well here are some of the reasons: 1. You just haven’t thought of […]
My nephew has just passed his driving test! For the next few months at any rate if you are driving in Cheshire, UK, then take good care! Talking to my Sister-in-law, the journey to get to the test wasn’t all a bed of roses. There were many frustrating occasions where her normally calm approach and […]
Ever thought, ‘ where is this argument going?’, ‘what the heck is he saying?’, ‘The Lord help me – I’ve lost the will to live’, then you have almost certainly been on the receiving end of lack of clarity! Where there is lack of clarity then we will follow a fairly predictable path of confusing, […]
The curse of knowledge is what Chip and Dan Heath in Made to Stick call those situations where you know a lot, probably more that your audience, and struggle to get clarity in your presentations. How can you simplify without losing meaning? How can you pare down without doing the material and yourself an injustice? […]
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