It’s no fun to give a talk with rusty public speaking skills—and fortunately, you don’t have to. Even if it’s been weeks (or months!) since you last spoke in public, you can scrape off the rust by polishing these three high-level skills: 1. Start with Your Rusty Physical Skills Public speaking starts with a physical Read More
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With Wordle and Public Speaking, Don’t Compare!
For some strange reason, I like to experience popular culture in a quiet, private space. (Oh wait, I’m an introvert!) This means that I often put off experiencing things—hit TV shows, new musical stars, articles about AI—until long after other people have stopped talking about them. Which brings us to Wordle I don’t know exactly Read More
5 Ways to Make Anxiety Your Superpower
Is Anxiety a Totally Bad Thing? I used to tell a one-liner that went like this: Anything worth doing is worth getting anxious about. People thought this was funny and apt, but over time, the idea faded from my mind. Which is too bad, because I could have used that rueful insight during COVID. That’s Read More
How to Give Effective Feedback
Feedback is a touchy subject for me. Even though I give it all day in my one-on-one speaker coaching sessions, I still find it hard to receive. Sometimes I can plug into my rational mind, hear the critique I’m getting, and make use of it. But often, I have to fight off thoughts that are angry Read More
You Need to Have More Sex
We all do—for our health, happiness, and sense of connection Sex is one of our most basic forms of communication. So I was startled to read, in a New York Times op-ed, that more than a quarter of Americans hadn’t had sex even once in the past year, according to the 2021 General Social Survey. No wonder Magdalene Read More