Incremental Improvement

“You can always be a little bit better.”
— Drew Brees
Starting Quarterback, New Orleans Saints

Everyone’s nervous about public speaking, at first…

It’s not your stock-in-trade.

Your Life (is being recorded)

“Can you have a successful culture without the ‘Cult of the Brilliant Jerks’? This is not just a Silicon Valley thing. This kind of ‘Cult’ forms around someone who can deliver results; from whom a lot is somehow forgiven. But what happens in the culture has direct consequences to the bottom line. A culture is not ‘nice to have’ — it’s absolutely essential. Today, you can no longer hide behind a wall of

Going Stupid!

“How many times will you repeat your morning routine?
Your drive to Work? Your walk into a conference room?
Your meetings, reports, e-mails…
Is it any wonder that sometimes you “Go a Little Stupid”…
and simply float away?”
—J. R. StJohn

It can’t

Incomplete

“It makes little difference how many university courses or degrees one may own. If a person cannot use words to move an idea from one point to another, their education is incomplete!”
— Norman Cousins

1. They have passion! Witness the “Occupy Movement.” Plenty of Passion. Yet,

I am! I said.

“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
The Little Prince
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Saint Exupéry
French Aristocrat, Author & Airman
1900 — 1944

When you stand to speak, you may have doubts. Your self confidence may evaporate. You may think yourself inadequate to