https://youtu.be/bFXiiP4l8KM If we wanted to drone on, we'd buy one and fly it. Don’t be a drone. As speakers, we do not want to come across as emotionless. Not showing emotion or feeling when speaking limits your ability to be authentic. My job as a speaker coach is to help you put that emotion and … Continue reading If we wanted to drone on, we’d buy one and fly it. Don’t be a drone.
https://youtu.be/yJjJeaIPVKs If you’re frozen with fear before speaking, you need to let it go. When the panic sets in before you are about to speak and you feel yourself not being able to cope, and let’s face it we have all been there. Anyone who tells you that they haven’t are sociopathic narcissists. I have … Continue reading Frozen with fear before speaking? Let it go…
https://youtu.be/GSRQUNZnqbI Why do certain songs, once we've heard them, get stuck in our head? We've all got those 'earworms' those ones we can't stop thinking about or singing to ourselves. Why do ear worms stay in our brain? Earworm songs make use of melodic patterns, along with a dash of surprise.In order for our messages, … Continue reading Why do certain songs get stuck in our head?
https://youtu.be/rL_YitCMNXc It’s an oldie but a goodie. Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle! Coke would never sell based on the taste. Coke sells on the feeling you get when you drink it. The feeling of refreshment of spending time with friends, of good times. Even if your speech has the most amazing content, if … Continue reading Don’t sell the sausage, sell the sizzle!
https://youtu.be/6b1DzV-LFXo How often do I need to practise my speech before I deliver it? I have always used the advice from two very skilled artists to answer this question. The first is the singer /songwriter Bryan Adams and second is perhaps the world's greatest actor, Sir Lawrence Olivier. Bryan Adams once told us that He … Continue reading How often do I need to practise my speech before I deliver it?
https://youtu.be/3u9EA-zT6yo Look, I really not supposed to tell you this, but getting your speaking pace right will turn you into a great speaker Do you remember growing up as a kid and going on those long road trips to some faraway destination? The roads were long and straight and long and… well you get the … Continue reading TOP SECRET: Getting your speaking pace right will turn you into a great speaker!
https://youtu.be/MEh65JPIat0 What separates a good speaker from a spectacular speaker? The difference between a good speaker and a spectacular speaker is…the pause. Whenever we listen to the great speakers, the great orators of our time, people like JFK, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, they all have one thing in common. They all … Continue reading What separates a good speaker from a great speaker?
Most of us guys have a hard time keeping it real with ourselves, let alone others. We put on these costumes of manhood and pound our chests and that’s supposedly our real self. Rick Clemons, my mate from the States and I are calling bull shit and keeping it real. Its the only acronym you'll need.
Policing’s processes and values of control often get in the way of its own development. It is this culture of policing that struggles in the constant daze of metamorphosis, almost to the point of cultural paralysis.
I was bullied in school. At 17, I was left at the crossroads of pursuing a career as a DJ or becoming a police officer, and for purely monetary reasons, I chose the uniform. Even with the uniform, the bullying continued, but I survived for 26 years in the line of duty working my way up the ladder, leading the status quo life, becoming "King of the S**t," and then stepping up the ladder to consider becoming "S**t of the Kings!" Finally, the status quo of life sent me to the dark places of anxiety and depression.
I recently appeared on the 'Life (Un)Closeted Podcast as a guest of Rick Clemons, Inspiring Speaker, Status Quo Disruptor and Bold Move Expert. Sharing my truth, my journey, and my 'uncloseting' from living a status quo life, even when others scratched their heads thinking, "What's wrong with this bloke? His life looks pretty damn good to me!"
