I have been asked to submit a proposal for a keynote to a conference. The inquiry was accompanied by a warning: “I must tell you, you’ll have some possible stiff competition – Mr. Big Wig has been contacted.” Mr. Wig is a household name in America,...
In the last week, I’ve seen a half dozen or more speakers run over. It’s not a forgivable sin for a speaker to make. Everyone has their excuses, reasons, and explanations as to why. It doesn’t matter. Finish on time. But drawing attention to it...
Last week here in North Carolina, we experienced an earthquake (my first), a hurricane (my umpteenth), and tornadoes (so far I’ve missed them altogether). The news media took the opportunity to fill a lot of time with the very apropos message about preparedness....
As we got up from the dinner table last Thursday night, an unusual conversation started a most humbling experience for me. My son (age 10) told me, “Dad, you say that a lot.” “Say what?” “Sitting around scratching my head, thinkin’ ’” ...
I’ve witnessed several workshops/keynotes/speaking gigs in the last few weeks that have had a bunch of “checking in” questions. You know the type: Are you with me? You follow me? Right? Does that make sense? Is everybody doing OK? and the cricket inducing Any...
As my daughter (age eight) and I were driving to pick up my son from a sleepover this morning, she asked a very innocent question: “How many boys are there?”I answered, “Six,” even though I didn’t have the foggiest idea how many really were there but figured in my...
