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Design Your Best Year Ever: How High Performers Turn Intention into Income

by | Jan 4, 2026 | Blog, Career Success, Effective Business Communication Skills, Executive Leadership, Motivation, Professional Career Development, Public Speaking Skills

Every December, I hear the exact phrase from talented professionals and speakers: “Next year is going to be my best year ever.” Naturally, I am one of them! However, I am smart enough to know that hope is not a strategy. High performers do not drift into exceptional...

Do You Know How Long Before True Performers Earn their Success?

by | Dec 28, 2025 | Blog, Business Sales Presentations, Career Success, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Motivation, Professional Career Development

One December evening, with some of my closest friends, Joe Veneto, Marilyn Sherman, and Ford Saeks, I watched Frankie Moreno at his Christmas show at Myron’s Cabaret Jazz. As seasoned professional speakers, we were not simply entertained. We were reminded of something...

You May Be Shocked at What the Sales Manager Admitted

by | Dec 14, 2025 | Blog, Business Sales Presentations, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Professional Career Development, Sales Presentations

A few years ago, during a presentation-skills training session, the sales leaders sat in the room and heard what I was teaching. After the first lunch break, the national sales manager walked to the front of the room, looked at his sixty top associates, and said, “At...

When You Open Your Presentation This Way It Is a Certain Crowd Pleaser

by | Nov 30, 2025 | Blog, Communication and Marketing, Effective Business Communication Skills, Professional Speaking, Public Speaking Skills, Sermons, Speech Coach

Do you want your audience to lean in from your very first sentence? One technique that works with many presentations is to begin with a surprising statistic or a little-known fact that makes your audience think, “Really? Tell me more.” Many of my speech coaching...