In a word…YES! Mental rehearsal is not the same as audible rehearsal. Here are the benefits of rehearsing aloud: Audible practice builds familiarity with your content. Hearing your own voice is vitally important to your ongoing success. Playback of your practice lets you hear firsthand where you excel and where you need to improve. Recording … Read More
In an ideal world, we can plan all our details and know what’s coming up or is right around the corner. Sounds pretty good, right? But reality is that much of what happens in our lives is unknown and therefore unplanned. And that brings us to my favorite topic…public speaking. Recently, I assisted a person … Read More
Some may call it training or education but to me it really comes down to professional development. In reality, our learning is a function of our level of motivation or drive. Ask yourself: “How motivated am I to learn a new skill or improve an existing skill?” Sounds like an easy question and yet if … Read More
Too often the clients I coach who want to improve their daily business communication find they come up quite short regarding their own success. Largely, this is due to lack of strategy. While researching this topic, I came across a helpful website by Mary Ellen Copeland, Ph.D. The interesting part of this website is that … Read More
Picture yourself driving and coming across a detour or roadblock. How does that make you feel? Maybe you said annoyed, frustrated or hassled. We’ve all been there at one point or another. Okay, now ask yourself what you do when you encounter a detour or roadblock. Chances are you make an effort to get past … Read More