Welcome to another edition of the Saturday article reprints.
In recent post, you may have asked yourself “Do I want to be good? Or do I want to be great?”
Below, Rick Hopkins asks another question. Take a look. What do you think?
Are You Afraid of Perfection?
By Rich Hopkins
As of this writing, the Indianapolis Colts are 13-0. [...]
photo credit: Marcin Wichary
Today I was speaking with and interviewing my good friend Rich Hopkins. In the course of conversation, we discussed a the idea of self-improvement.
Have you ever asked yourself, “Will I be a better person tomorrow, than I am today?” Do you actively work toward that goal?
One of the Marine Corps [...]
If I ask you, “Are you good? Or are you great?”, do you start wondering, “Can’t I be both?”
Let’s come back to that.
I was just reading my email and I received the latest issue of “Greatest Things Ever Said About Public Speaking” newsletter by Steve Siebold. In it is information about Steve’s new book, “Die [...]
The following article is provided by one of my favorite speaking coaches and bloggers.
With a struggling economy and employment situation, being able to present yourself, market yourself, sell yourself as a better choice than the competition is more important than ever. There is a LOT more competition out there for every job opening. So [...]
Have you seen this? In –“Walk the Talk” Loses Credibility– Harry Jones talks about leaders and the lately more common practice in which those same leaders are not “doing” but just “saying”. Does that catch your interest? It caught mine.
When I was in the U.S. Marine Corps, from the moment I stepped off the bus [...]
Do you know about Toastmasters International’s speaking contests? District 13’s humorous speech and table topics contests started Thursday, September 25th. At least it did for me and the Eriez Toastmasters club in Erie Pennsylvania.
Why do I mention this? I had the honor and the duty to serve as the contest chair for this club’s contest. [...]
Mentoring… what does that word mean to you?
Have you ever asked anyone that question? I have. I am frequently surprised by how often I am told it is a person with whom one has an official learning relationship.
Official!?! What’s that? It is at least a question of, “Will you be my mentor?” and an acknowledgment [...]
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