May 19, 2012

Tips For Improving Your Public Speaking Skills

Tips for public speaking

Are you comfortable speaking in public?  If your immediate answer was no, you’re not alone.  Most people are, at the very least, a little nervous and uncomfortable about speaking in front of an audience.  Many would rather “take a beating” than do so.  Well, here’s some help. As a preacher and public speaker, I’ve had [...]

Name Calling Is The Sign Of A Weak Argument

debate

I love to have friendly debates.  It’s a great way to “flesh out” the details of an issue and to get a glimpse of an issue from another’s vantage point.  The problem is that not everyone can engage in a “friendly” debate.  Too often, the debates turn into heated arguments and deteriorate from there.  This [...]

Tips For Dealing With A Micromanaging Boss

Drawing of a worker at a desk with a manager looking over his shoulder.

Have you ever worked for a “micromanager?”  You know, the kind of boss who claims to delegate, but actually hovers over even the smallest detail and gets downright ‘bent out of shape” over the smallest mistake.  Chances are, if you’ve worked for one, you know it! In the nearly thirty years I’ve been in the [...]

7 Steps To More Effective Listening

A photo of a gentleman and two ladies engaged in conversation.

Today’s topic deals with one of the most vital, yet hardest to  master communication skills in existence… effective listening!  We all know how to “hear,” but we’re not usually as good at really listening to what people are saying.  I know that this is a skill that I’ve struggled with and still have to work [...]

Looking At Life Through Another Prism

Light divided by a prism.

Did you ever notice that two people can see the same event, or read the same news story, yet they come away with completely different opinions of what they just saw?  I’m sure you have.  If  not, start a conversation revolving around politics or religion and you’ll soon see what I mean. One huge reason [...]