If I said that aggression is a normal human behaviour you and that even you as the calmest person on earth have this trait inside you, you may disagree with me, you may even jump at me and say that I am wrong. That’s good because then I have proved my point :-). Just disagreeing with […]
I have extracted the following tips from the book “Psycho-cybernetics” by Maxwell Maltz, first published in 1969. It is one of the most interesting books I have read and I encourage you to read it. However, since many of you won’t have the time I have decided to extract some important parts and turn them
Apart from basic animalistic instincts, we are born with almost no fear. As a child my imagination ran wild and I drove my parents crazy, I had no fear, I believed I could swim without breathing underwater. I believed I could run as fast as the cars racing the down the street on our road,
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In the last blog post, I wrote about how three days prior to the competition I still did not have a fully complete speech. It was missing many crucial parts and simply was short of a winning speech and the criteria that fulfilled all the objectives. There are two ways to tackle this. One way
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For those of you who know me, I am a member of Toastmaster\’s international and it plays a huge part in my life. This is where I practice what I teach entrepreneurs, communication, leadership, and much more. Every year Toastmasters holds an International Speech competition that starts at the club level. There are some 16,600
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Over the past two to three years, I have started a presentation titled “Passion and Vision: The ingredients of a successful Startup” mostly for entrepreneurs but as time passes I see this applicable to everything in our life. Several months ago, I presented a workshop on Passion & Vision: Learn how to speak from the
It is possible that you don\’t know many of the names that I will mention in this article, but it does not matter so much. I have referenced them so that you can learn more about them if you want. However, what has struck me as most interesting and the point I want to share
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A few days ago a good friend of mine shared a picture on one of the SMM platforms and it was just a few days after our club competition. Of course, everyone wants to be first, and coming third in a competition where only 5 people have competed may not sound so amazing. Remember my
If you are going to gamble and take a bet. Then let it be you. Yes, bet on yourself. Bet on yourself that you can achieve what you want to do. Earlier last month, I entered the yearly club competitions for the International Speech championship. This year our club has grown and we had some
I want to share with you one of the most inspiring stories I have read most recently. The life and company of Beate Uhse. I remember visiting her Museum in Berlin in 2003 however it was not a few months ago that I came across her life story again in a book, The Aftermath, which
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