If you don’t know to look for something, how are you ever going to see it? —Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor I couldn’t have been more thrilled when one of my favorite clients invited me to a New York Women’s Bar Association dinner honoring long-time member and Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor. I’ve written about the public Read More
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Learn from Michael Bay’s Public Speaking Panic Attack
NOTE: On the week that I wrote this post, two very high-profile people struggled with panic — in public. Scott Stossel Survives Anxiety The Atlantic‘s cover story, Surviving Anxiety by editor Scott Stossel, is about his “Anxious, Twitchy, Phobic (Somehow Successful) Life.” Stossel’s account of coping with multiple phobias and crippling anxiety is harrowing, yet ultimately inspiring. After all, Read More
Masterful Public Speaking: Chris Rock Says, “Barack Obama is the White President You Need”
Sometimes great public speaking comes in unexpected packages, and here’s a prime example. This video’s “special message,” delivered by Chris Rock on Jimmy Kimmel Live, is one of the funniest and most pointed commentaries on race I’ve ever seen. By cataloging Barack Obama’s “white” habits, Chris Rock manages to skewer how we think about racial Read More
New Jersey Got Help with Hurricane Sandy Because Chris Christie Didn’t Burn Bridges
The Temptation to Burn Bridges In my younger years, I was inclined to burn bridges. If I didn’t like how someone treated me, I just walked away from them— completely away! And I didn’t come back for a long, long time, if ever. This didn’t work well for me, and it wouldn’t have worked well Read More
Even Bill Clinton Needs Speech Prep!
Why Does One of the World’s Best Public Speakers Need to Prepare? If you’re tempted to think that only beginning or average public speakers need speech prep, think again! Preparation is key to public speaking success — and the more skilled a public speaker is, the more likely it is that he or she makes speech Read More