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The Archives

I hope the archive list below includes something that will spark an idea, an action, a moment of clarity, and help you move toward success and happiness.

  • GOALS WITHOUT END
  • Critical Cogs in the Wheel.
  • Enter the apprenticeship zone
  • When to break the rules.
  • At a loss for words.
  • Leaving your comfort zone.
  • Grieving for normal.
  • In a moment of crisis.
  • Authenticity, happiness, and wine.
  • Being fully focused.
  • In Praise of Tiny Wins.
  • Taking the next action.
  • Start with hope.
  • Obstacles, setbacks, and anywhere worker resilience.
  • What do you still need to know about the situation?
  • AnywhereWorker Turns 10
  • Winning the struggle between uncertainty and control.
  • Business not going as planned?
  • Stop trying to catch up.
  • Audiobooks for hard times
  • WFH With Your Spouse: 10 tips
  • Your WFH Morning Routine
  • What you don’t know about remote work.
  • 2 tips for busy freelancers
  • 12 Questions to aid Decision Making.
  • Three Approaches to 2020 Planning.
  • The Speaking and Presenting Masterclass Failure
  • Blending projects into everyday work.
  • Customize Your Goal-Setting System
  • Trying something different…
  • What will you do?
  • Two Things I Stole From My Corporate Job.
  • The true value of completing your project.
  • How to choose your next project.
  • Still Inside Ben Franklin’s Head
  • Which brings success: pampering, self-care, or self compassion?
  • STORYTELLING AS A NETWORKING STRATEGY
  • Why I buy books in multiple formats, and you should too.
  • What do you need to do right now?
  • The Procrastination Reading List
  • What knowledge do you need?
  • What resources can you call on to help?
  • Not on track to reach your goals?
  • How to Stay Successful
  • If you want the prize…
  • What problems do you solve?
  • If you could have one do-over…
  • How to break a promise.
  • A new way to fake it ‘til you make it.
  • Tell me: what’s blocking your success?
  • What are you not admitting?
  • The Shadow Side of Assessments
  • The Surprising Benefit of Storytelling in Everyday Business.
  • Uncovering Storytelling Sources From Your Past
  • What info do you need to decide?
  • The Value of Half Read Books.
  • How the warrior turns (creative problem-solving) ideas into reality.
  • How to keep your judge from sabotaging your business.
  • How the artist keeps your business from failing.
  • How being an explorer keeps your business from failing.
  • How are you measuring success?
  • This ancient technology is bigger on the inside.
  • What happens if you say yes?
  • One Person Business Plan: Turn Plans into Actions
  • One Person Business Plan: Turning goals into plans
  • One Person Business Plan: Turning dreams into goals
  • One Person Business Plan: Identify the dream
  • Welcome, 2019
  • What will happen if you say no?
  • How will you know when you get what you want?
  • The secret to successfully changing your conversation impact.
  • How would you describe success in this situation?
  • What are you ready to commit to?
  • Action Plan to Change Your Conversations
  • What is the better version of you?
  • How to design your conversation impact assessment
  • What are you afraid of?
  • Are you ready to change the conversation?
  • Who will be impacted?
  • How to handle ‘pick your brain’ requests.
  • Why does this matter?
  • Anywhere Worker Learning Checklist
  • What isn’t being said?
  • Do You Have Stories for Key Business Moments?
  • What’s new about this?
  • 8 Business Storytelling Elements
  • Are we asking the right questions?
  • The story behind #human2human
  • What are you learning from this?
  • Are you choosing to have a bad day?
  • What’s your back-up plan?
  • Write your independence day story.
  • What is this costing you?
  • Small purposeful actions in hard times.
  • Who needs to be involved?
  • How story arcs help you design a better presentation.
  • What are you assuming?
  • Is Judgement Jeopardizing Your Business?
  • Tiny Stacked Habits for Change
  • How do you measure success?
  • Thankful for obstacles and setbacks
  • Want to be a more effective presenter?
  • How to deal with an overflowing email inbox.
  • Design Your Experience: How to manage email inboxes.
  • Focus on the good: How to manage too many emails.
  • Masterful Monday 2
  • The Presentation Rock Star – Isn’t You
  • Masterful Monday 1
  • Defending Paper Planner Productivity.
  • 8 ways to feed your brain with little added time.
  • Understanding the Hero’s Journey for Business
  • Your worst decisions make the best stories.
  • One Powerful Question Defeats the Enemy of Success
  • Will AI Kill Executive Coaching?
  • Powerful Questions Save Time and Money
  • What if the ice breaker was the workshop?
  • Great Question!
  • 3 Resources to Build Focus and Achieve More
  • I’ve found my true hero. Do you know yours?
  • Recommended Books for Success
  • How much time should I spend planning my work?
  • Fearless Success: Take the Challenge
  • Give Your Business a Tech Check-up
  • How to fix a derailed habit.
  • Are Intentionally Small Business Owners Weird?
  • What’s your next move?
  • Difficult Conversations at Work: Ditch the eMail
  • To-Do List Trick
  • Professional Behaviors Leaders Expect from You
  • Deaf Jam Presentation Secrets
  • Why do I need to understand your perspective?
  • Would you use an easy button?
  • Establish positive habits like a tortoise not the hare
  • Outgrowing Your Success Role Model
  • What’s the cause of your overwhelm?
  • Productivity Secret: Don’t do one thing today
  • Chicken or egg? Clarity or Execution?
  • How to Love Mondays
  • How do you honor your individuality in a crowd?
  • Confidence Building Tips
  • Is there a benefit to being overwhelmed?
  • How to Embrace Creative Chaos
  • How Fearless People Start Their Day
  • What’s your game changer skill?
  • What Advice Would You Give Your Younger Self?
  • How to Inspire Millions: Carry a Brain in a Hatbox
  • What everyone needs to learn about difficult conversations.
  • Making Room for Success: Unexpected Aftermath
  • Make Room for Success: Action Steps
  • Make room for success: the first step
  • Work from home slacker
  • Be the exception – achieve your resolution.
  • Productivity Tools for Teams: My top 3
  • A Delicious Mistake
  • Hack Your Productivity Hack, Change Your Life
  • Time Management’s True Nature
  • Why use storytelling in business?
  • Time management: friend or foe?
  • Simplify Project Management with Remember The Milk
  • I’m not a #generation tag!
  • What did you do in your first waking hour this morning?
  • Motivate Others By Knowing Yourself
  • A Tale of Two Mind(sets)
  • Read more. Be happier.
  • Text: Less is More
  • Ground rules beyond the meeting room.
  • Your Words Have Influence – The #WisdomWednesdays Story
  • Confessions of a multi-tasking loser
  • Soundbites are seeds of greater ideas
  • To Inspire Action – Communicate with Humanity
  • How I recovered 2 hours a day from the time thieves.
  • Sleep your way to success.
  • Stuck in a rut? Change one thing.
  • Energy Management Strategies for Anywhere Workers
  • You’re too late to be great.
  • Overdue tasks and stinky cheese.
  • Ban the laser pointer
  • What you say – more than words
  • From 43% Pointless to 100% Meaningful
  • 43% of your conversations are pointless
  • Why take action now?
  • Misconception#4 – Learn once, know always
  • Energy thieves, productivity pilferers.
  • Your Core Driving Values List
  • Misconception #3 – Get it all at the workshop!
  • This weekly email can increase your success
  • Misconceptions #2 – It’s all about the slides
  • Misconceptions of Communication Skills #1
  • Your energy: more valuable than time.
  • Effective Leadership Communication
  • Delegate to time.
  • everyday philosopher
  • Is 15 minutes a long time?
  • How we change (or die)
  • Truth: Work isn’t a place, it’s what you do
  • Think.
  • Are you stifling your team’s productivity?
  • Cave drawings – the powerpoint of our ancestors
  • I choose now.
  • Number 1 rule of presenting with impact.
  • It’s time.
  • forces of human existence
  • A story of light and purpose.
  • You need both permission and clarity to succeed.
  • I have nothing to say.
  • Become a confident speaker-Step 3
  • Critical for Anywhere Workers: Acknowledgement
  • Small Business Hero’s Journey: Your Vision
  • Become a confident speaker-Step 2
  • Become a confident speaker-Step 1
  • 7 tips for email bliss
  • Slides: The Leadership Soundbite
  • Turn your ideas into results.
  • Do you want a ritual or a habit?
  • Bust through blank page angst
  • Impact of Simple Data
  • Happy Birthday GMAIL – Magic or Mayhem?
  • The almond joy and mounds of communication.
  • Existential Presenting: showing your underwear
  • How to work
  • PSM032: The Devil and Your eMail
  • 3 Minute Storytelling
  • Presentation Anxiety? Bring It On!
  • PSM031: Deliver for The Pitch
  • Create Your Own PresentationYOU Approach
  • PSM030: Design for The Pitch
  • The Secret of (not) being Overwhelmed
  • Get the Most From Practice Sessions
  • PSM029: Prep for The Pitch
  • Handling Failure During a Presentation
  • The 5 minute Speakers Warm-up
  • PSM028: Location Location Presentation
  • PSM027: Swiping to Overcome Blank Page Angst
  • PSM026: Pump & Pen to Overcome Blank Page Angst
  • How to get into your audience’s head
  • PSM025: Fear: Spiders, Death, and Public Speaking
  • Communicate with your actions.
  • Meaningful Conversations Critical in the Future of Work
  • Dreading that Promise to Present?
  • Most Valuable Gift
  • PSM024: Deliver Spontaneously thru Practice – Train for TED Final
  • Welcome Conflict with Attitude in Existential Presenting
  • PSM023: True Masters Get Tangled – Train for TED Lesson07
  • PSM022: No Ego, No Sales – Train for TED Lessons5-6
  • Persevere through Anxiety in Existential Presenting
  • PSM021: Connect with Emotion – Train for TED Lesson04
  • PSM020: Make the Complex Plain – Train for TED Lesson03
  • Expect Anxiety in Existential Presenting
  • PSM019: Show the real you – Train for TED Lesson02
  • Change with Action in Existential Presenting
  • PSM018: Dream Big – Train for TED Lesson01
  • Our choices Define Us in Existential Presenting
  • PSM017: 7 Confidence Building Tips
  • Honor the Individual with Existential Presenting
  • PSM016: Start with a Master’s Mindset
  • Protect Your Prep Time
  • PSM015: Powerful Questions to Engage Your Audience
  • Are you a successful presenter?
  • What is Existential Presenting?
  • PSM014: How to read a virtual room.
  • Costs of Waiting to Communicate
  • PSM013: 10 Steps to Powerful Presentation
  • Feedback: Only when ready
  • PSM012: The Other Power of Body Language
  • Signs you are NOT a savvy communicator
  • PSM011: The 6 elements of a Story
  • Truth? P.U. you stink at presenting
  • Monotone message in a hi-def world
  • PSM010: Always Be Prepared – with Segments
  • How much ‘about you’ is too much?
  • PSM009: How to talk to a brick wall
  • Put Away the Super Suit
  • PSM008: The right way to share your presentation
  • Visual confusion
  • PSM007: Whats in the Presenter’s Grab Bag?
  • Practice for better, not worse
  • PSM006: Favorite Tools and Apps
  • When you say ‘I’ll be brief’ – be brief
  • Reluctant Presenter’s Ponder #4
  • PSM005: Key Differences – Virtual vs. In-person
  • Pitching to investors? Stop thinking about yourself.
  • A Word From The Pros: Deb Denis
  • PSM004: Simple Ruthless Editing
  • Phone Signal: strong or weak?
  • PSM003: The One Thing
  • 10 ways to practice presenting
  • PSM002: Building Confidence in Presenting
  • PSM001: The 5 Minute Talk
  • Faking it won’t make it
  • Shut Up and Listen
  • The Good of eMail
  • Reluctant Presenter’s Ponder #3
  • Email is not evil
  • Last Minute Gift Ideas for Anywhere Workers
  • Reluctant Presenter’s Ponder #2
  • Let’s Talk-How work gets done
  • A Word From The Pros: Andrew Jennings
  • Hammers, Nails, and emails – Choose the Right Tool
  • Keep Your Eye On Design
  • Small Biz Hero’s Journey: 1 Critical Question
  • Reluctant Presenter’s Ponder #1
  • 3 Unconventional Motivation Restoring Tricks
  • Tips for Highly Sensitive Presenters
  • 3 Productivity Remedies Using Remember The Milk
  • Presentation Lesson: Giving Feedback
  • 1 Productivity Secret of Home Office Workers: Napping
  • TEDx Huntsville: Re-ignited in 2012
  • 1 Success Step Often Missed
  • Presentation Lesson: Asking For Feedback
  • 4 Steps to Ignite Your Career With Masterminds
  • 3 Favorite Photo Sources for Presenting
  • 3 Step Fiber for Productivity Constipation
  • Presenter’s [super hero] Carpet Bag
  • 5 tips for virtual team success
  • Anywhere worker: 3 steps that get you noticed
  • 9 Favorite Presentation Tools and Apps
  • How Do I Judge Thee, Let Me Count The Ways
  • More than One Thousand Words – Pictures
  • Read more books – get a (better) job
  • Alternatives to PowerPoint – Whiteboarding
  • Executive Coaching and The Queen
  • Communication Preference Assessment
  • A Case for Complex Visuals
  • Taking Collaboration Virtual
  • What’s Your Sign?
  • Skill Building Series: Can’t Change What You Can’t See
  • Creativity is Messy
  • Skill Building Series: Interpersonal Savvy
  • The Power of Why?
  • Virtual Versus In-Person
  • Skill Building Series: Team With Clashing Cultures
  • Skill Building Series: Are You A Stick In The Mud?
  • Less UMs More Credibility
  • Your Turn: Pay It Forward Challenge
  • Build Confidence
  • One Thing You Need to Succeed in 2012
  • presentation lesson: smile, you’re on candid camera
  • avoid calendar bloat – get more done!
  • Focus on clarity
  • How Anywhere Workers Manage Isolation
  • Happy Holidays
  • Powerful Virtual Performance Reviews
  • presentation lesson: mindset
  • Gifts for the minimalist anywhere worker
  • How to Ace that Virtual Interview
  • TEDx Huntsville: Presentation Critique
  • Your Hidden Leadership Strength: Coaching
  • New Sole (Soul) for Your Business
  • Boo! Did I Scare You?
  • A Good 4 Letter Word: CASH
  • How to Share – Your Presentation
  • how to ooze charisma
  • productivity secret: working hard on the wrong thing
  • Think Differently About Presenting
  • breaking through your comfort zone
  • define yourself through action
  • Presentation Power: The Impact Voice Adds To Your Words
  • Back to School – The School of Life
  • The Hero’s Journey: Starting a Small Business
  • Presentations Are…About You!
  • Connect with Your Inner Critic
  • 4 keys to staying productive – anywhere
  • Evoke Emotion Through Shared Experiences
  • Virtual Collaborative Goal Setting
  • The Prelude To Virtual Trust – Mindset
  • There Can Be Only One – Objective
  • Present spontaneously through practice
  • Simple, ruthless presentation editing
  • What to do with 90 minutes
  • eradicate bad presentations with presentationYOU
  • Stop Reading.Take Action.
  • Present spontaneously through practice
  • How To ‘Read’ A Virtual Room
  • year of action and creativity-so far
  • Double creativity with collaborative mind mapping
  • what is your ‘morning paper’ about work?
  • let out a roar at work
  • From blank page to powerful presentation
  • 12 elements of estimating work
  • finding your sweet spot at work
  • Get RACI with collaboration
  • what is your Kryptonite?
  • the new normal: tornado storm lessons
  • You’re a coach? What’s that?
  • distinguish yourself: 2 powerful success habits
  • 3 biz books for taking action
  • stop bugging me: handling disruptions at work
  • interruptions: good or bad?
  • how to conduct a personal quarterly review
  • i have a mind map now what?
  • avoid indecision-doubt-fear
  • stop tolerating – reduce stress – increase productivity
  • So you want to be a freelance writer
  • a rose by any other name smells different
  • do you trust yourself?
  • is your inner child sabotaging you?
  • rituals: creative productivity on demand
  • from clutter to zen office
  • out damn clutter
  • inside ben franklin’s head
  • the individual disrupts silos
  • stuff happens for no reason
  • anywhere workers go frugal
  • leaders do lunch: network in 20 minutes a week
  • be quiet – get more done
  • inbox zero in one day
  • 365 day ‘take action’ challenge
  • make your new year resolution an evolution
  • holiday budget blown? be the gift
  • 4 gift ideas from the anywhere worker’s elf
  • happy holidays to one and all
  • what a 30 day novel taught me about productivity
  • How to approach your boss about telework
  • dear santa, I need patience
  • Coaching In The Moment
  • anywhere workers do it with structure
  • deep thoughts: life as a movie
  • how to build rapport: don’t mimic me!
  • give a damn busted? try these tips
  • don’t label me
  • 30 powerful questions for coaching and reflecting
  • daylight saving: save 1 hour every day
  • develop your critical thinking muscle
  • halloween at the office: which monster are you?
  • The Emotionally Intelligent Coach
  • ask the coach: how to collaborate from a distance
  • How to deal with the disruptive participant
  • Social Networking For Introverts
  • the devil in your inbox
  • praise for procrastination!
  • strengthen your strategic thinking muscle
  • language + context + delivery = meaning
  • who plays supporting role to your hero?
  • How to be an artful (remote) collaborator
  • The Gift of Stress
  • How to Time Travel
  • 25.5 Clues and 4 Remedies: You are NOT Self Aware
  • 6 Predictions: The Future of Work
  • Your Dog is NOT Your Business Advisor!
  • Don’t Fear The Pink Slip
  • Finding ‘Why’
  • Are You Muted?
  • Executive Coach’s 3 Twitter Rules
  • Embrace Your Defects!
  • How to Communicate with a Brick Wall
  • Goals Have No Magic
  • 3 Key Skills to Avoid Isolation as an Anywhere Worker
  • The Anywhere Worker
  • Goal Discovery Tool
  • Why Do You Work?
  • Coaches Mojo
  • The Wisdom of Nemo
  • Managing Individuality Across Generations
  • Too Much Stimulation
  • How Not to Read
  • A Valentine, a Jar, and 2 Beers
  • What is Existential Coaching?
  • Welcome
  • Take charge: Your Hero’s Journey

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