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Hey Reader, Are you celebrating “International Sloth Day” today? Me neither (but I'm slowly getting around to it) Let's move on to some insights... Most of us would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy. Seinfeld said that years ago, and it still holds up. Public speaking scares people more than snakes. More than heights. More than a text from your boss that just says "got a sec?" But here's the thing. "Stage fright" isn't about your speaking skills. It's about being ‘judged’. Your...

7 days ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, Hopefully, you're coming off a three-day weekend! (Columbus Day here in the States) I’ve got news… The “um” problem can wait Your voice on video sounds like a stranger about to sell you a timeshare. And your face does stuff you never signed off on. Nobody likes their own playback. Not even people who talk for a living. Here's why it stings so bad… You're not just watching you. You're comparing ‘you’ to someone you love watching. Your favorite talk show host. That comic you quote...

14 days ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, We’re one week into October. Have you bought Halloween candy yet? (Or already bought it twice?) Today, let’s get into why you should… Close your eyes and hit ‘play’! The best way to watch your recording is to not watch it. If you read my free guide, "From Mic-Shy to Camera-Confident", (download link below) You know how much you learn by ‘recording’ yourself. But the most important step happens when you play it back. I call it the listen-only review. You press play. Then you look...

21 days ago • 6 min read

Hey Reader, The calendar says September. The candy aisle strongly disagrees! Today, let's get into… Why your ‘cringe’ is actually good news! Every great speaker you love was once a mumbling mess. Every single one. Nobody came out of the womb with a clean open and a strong close. You came out screaming with no structure at all. One question people ask me all the time is, "How do you actually get good at public speaking when you're starting from zero?" Here's the map. There are four stages....

28 days ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, Are you enjoying "Pumpkin everything" yet? Today, I thought we’d cover why… The bonehead got promoted again! “Shy” is not a personality. It's a “habit”. A really sneaky one, because it feels like just "who you are." But it's not. It's a set of behaviors you've been practicing so long they feel permanent. Think about what those behaviors actually look like. Quiet voice. Small gestures. Eyes that find the floor during conversations. Taking up as little space as possible, like you're...

about 1 month ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, Hope you're hanging on to the last bits of summer! (Soon, some of you will be shoveling your "weather"!) Today I thought we'd cover why “networking” feels so brutally awkward. Nobody wants your job title The worst question at any networking event is also the most popular one. "So, what do you do?" It’s the networking equivalent of a limp handshake and zero eye contact. Ask it, and watch someone's eyes go slightly blank while they pull up the laminated card in their brain. The one...

about 1 month ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! Hope your Labor Day weekend was filled with rest, relaxation, and ribs you’re still digesting. I hate to say it, but… Your voice may be putting people to sleep. Most people talk like a metronome set to medium. Same speed. Same volume. From hello to goodbye. Steady as a ceiling fan on ‘low’. And then they wonder why eyes glaze over halfway through their story. Here's the thing. Your brain notices “change”. Not sameness. Change. So when your voice runs at one flat...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read

Hey Reader, I spent 30+ years talking for a living, and somehow nobody ever figured out how to make me stop. So… newsletter. 😂 Courage is a MUSCLE you keep skipping Bridge workers think being 200 feet in the air is “relaxing”. Not thrilling. Not terrifying. Relaxing. Why? They've done it so many times it stopped being a big deal. It's just Tuesday. With better views. We think courage is something you either have or you don't. Like a dimple or a trust fund. But that's not how it works. You're...

about 2 months ago • 4 min read

Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! I brought wisdom. Unfortunately, it arrived wearing clown shoes. Your first recording will HAUNT you! Your first few recordings are supposed to “suck”. Not "could be better." Not "a little rough around the edges." Suck. Like, genuinely, mortifyingly suck. And yet we all watch that first playback the same way. Not like a “Coach” reviewing footage. They watch it like a detective who already knows who did it. "Why do I sound like that?" "What is my face doing?" "Do I...

2 months ago • 5 min read

Hey Reader, Happy Tuesday! Somewhere, someone is writing a very serious business newsletter. Thankfully, you subscribed to this one! Stop memorizing your WHOLE talk Most people think a great presentation means knowing every word by heart. So they memorize the whole thing. Every sentence. Every pause. Every "and furthermore." Then they get on stage and sound like a GPS with anxiety. "In 400 feet, turn left into your next key point." Here's the thing we all do wrong: we confuse "prepared" with...

2 months ago • 4 min read