Left Bank Two

When fishermen cannot go to sea, they repair their nets is a well used metaphor regarding productivity during downtime that neatly sums up my Christmas and New Year period. Something that had been nagging me … Continue reading

Just For One Thing

Just For One Thing is a pair of one-hour online coaching sessions, marketed through Eventbrite, that are designed to help you develop or improve just one single thing about your presentation style. Something specific you’d … Continue reading

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Most people that I have encountered in my work over the years will go to great lengths to avoid properly preparing a presentation, preferring to opt for the “I don’t have the time”, “I’ll just … Continue reading

In the Shadow of Anzio Annie

I don’t think it would be unfair to his memory to say that my grandfather, a man always known simply as ‘B’, was someone who found criticism far easier to give than praise. I lived … Continue reading

Body Language

The articles and studies about body language that I have read mostly seem to be assertions made by experts about how the motivations and intentions of the subjects they observe are revealed through the stances … Continue reading