The Guru at the Dining Room Table

“Guru Maharaj Ji. There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. As he said, he was ‘nobody.’ He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Sometimes he sat in silence, but bliss and peace poured down on us. He said one can reach God while fulfilling his or her duties as a householder: as he, husband, father and village headman gave living demonstration. He encouraged

Speech or Presentation

“If you ain’t got no axe, you can’t cut no wood!
Gentlemen, you got to use the right tool for the job!”
—John Henry Eaton (1790 – 1856)
American Politician, Diplomat

Today let’s focus on the two different mindsets that you might employ to solve two different communication assignments: the Speech and the Presentation.

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An “Art” to Beginning

In the beginning, there was a bad joke.
And no one remembers what came after…

There’s an awkward, dark moment before a presentation begins – whether in person or virtual… Disaster lurks there. The audience is wondering how to spend the next forty minutes…

Not everyone in

Shovel & Pink Tights

The circus came to town. Dad and I made the trip to see the parade down 4th Avenue. Later that night we saw the Main Event under the Big Top!  The Elephants were my favorites — a long line of them. There, sitting atop the leader, at the head of the column, was a girl in pink tights and a satin leotard, her blonde hair pulled tightly back in a jaunty pony tail!  She had the best job in the world! […]

Cracking the Code

“You, who are on the road; must have a code that you can live by.
And so, become yourself because the past is just a goodbye.
Teach your children well, their father’s hell did slowly go by.
And feed them on your dreams, the one’s they picked, the one’s you’ll know by.”

“Teach Your Children”
Crosby,