To Be Effective, Spark Curiosity, Interact and Help Them Experience Your Message. This photo captures the best way to engage an audience. The entertainer connected with the audience member. He aroused the child’s curiosity. He’d been spinning plates, saw the child watching, and invited him to play. They shared laughter and fun. But things didn’t…
How to Handle Jealousy When You’re the One Who’s Jealous We’ve all been there. We’ve all been stung by it. When it happens, we never feel better. And here’s the worst part. Being jealous gets you nothing. Jealousy wastes your energy and keeps you from living your best life. So, what can we do about…
How to Let the No go. We all know it. In business, and in the rest of life, we hear “No.” A lot. And here’s the funny thing. When someone tells us no, we want to convince them over to yes. And there are times when it’s worth it. In certain negotiations, it’s imperative to…
Simple Words Inspire Profound Changes I dedicate this episode to the people who teach us with the use of simple words. They can be our actual teachers or they can be friends or even passersby. We can learn from their off-the-cuff remarks. They can transform our ideas and broaden our horizons. We have to know…
Got a creative idea but don’t know what to do with it? Is it sitting in your head and won’t let go? Or is it a will-o’-the-wisp that you keep having to chase? Episode 20180602 In today’s Self-Made Creative episode, I explore how to handle the lightning strike of Creative inspiration. There are multiple methods…
Review of “Crush It!” Today’s Own Your Mind podcast episode reviews entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk‘s first book, “Crush It Why Now Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion.” In the episode, I look at the creative and inspirational aspects of the book and the author’s reflection on the importance of following your passions in order to…
Which way do you want to look at it? Do you want to see the big picture or do you want to see a small snapshot? You have to know that before you begin to solve the problem. More importantly, did you have to communicate that to your team. That way you will all be…
Which way do you want to look at it? Do you want to see the big picture or do you want to see a small snapshot? You have to know that before you begin to solve the problem. More importantly, did you have to communicate that to your team. That way you will all be…
If you haven’t heard, Sir Anthony Hopkins’ (the actor) composition, “and the waltz goes on,“ go here and take a listen. Why? Because it shows us something special. This man, this actor who has reached every height of his career, still wants something else. I believe he started out as a Music person and then…
Here I was at last full moon taking pictures with my trusty Nikon. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get situated in a way that my little tripod could get a picture of the moon without the cable in front of it. How frustrating, right? But then I got this picture. And I saw it. A perfect representation…