Have you ever been presenting an idea which you think is great and revolutionary only to have everyone in the room mock it? This phenomenon is known as having your baby called ugly. You feel terrible and begin to doubt yourself. Depending on how long you have worked on the idea, you feel like you … Continue reading When Someone Calls Your Baby Ugly
Month: June 2016
Preparing for a Meeting- a Lost Art
By the time you reach your forties, you will have attended literally thousands of meetings. According to Effectivemeetings.com through a white paper by MCI, the average worker attends 61.8 meetings per month and 50% of the meeting time is considered wasted. That means you are potentially wasting a work week per month in meetings that … Continue reading Preparing for a Meeting- a Lost Art
Disinterested = Distracting = Disrespectful
Have you ever presented and found somebody in the audience to be so disinterested in your presentation that it distracted you? Conversely, have you ever been so uninterested in a topic that you found yourself fidgeting? How did you feel in both of those situations? Chances are it was the same- frustrated. You were frustrated … Continue reading Disinterested = Distracting = Disrespectful