Most experienced speakers understand communicating some of their personal failures can be endearing to an audience. The only problem is that to actually do that requires humility and transparency at a level where many people are unwilling to go. That is why I was… Continue reading / Leia mais

Have you ever watched one of those beauty pageants where one of the contestants declares that if she could have one wish fulfilled, she would wish for “world peace”? Yes, that is a cliché answer – and about as likely to become reality as seeing a… Continue reading / Leia mais

Years ago I heard the CEO of a major communications company talk about his pilgrimage to success in the business world. He became enraptured by a popular philosophy at the time, the so-called “power of positive thinking.” In that brand of thought… Continue reading / Leia mais

Most of us have experienced the eight phases of procrastination:

Phase 1:                     “I will start early this time.” (Hopeful phase)

Phase 2:                     “I have to start soon.” (A little tension phase)

Phase 3:                     “I should have started sooner.” (Creeping… Continue reading / Leia mais

by Jim Mathis

I want to tell you about a man I knew, someone I called “Bob the Painter.” Bob loved to go to art museums, so he decided he would become a painter. He studied the art of the old masters and began learning… Continue reading / Leia mais