Giving a good presentation is a skill that can be honed much like many other business skills. There are how to guides (like the one below), YouTube video tutorials, professional classes, advice from your colleagues or spouse, and many other ways to improve your “skills”. However, a really good presenter doesn’t just deliver the material, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘expertise’
Key Elements to a Great Presentation
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged expertise, inspiration, presentations, tools on February 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
How do you describe what it takes to be a leader?
Posted in General, tagged colorado, expertise, leadership on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
About two weeks ago, I was named one of the top 25 most influential young professionals in Colorado by Colorado Biz Magazine. Needless to say, I’m honored to make the list – unfortunately, I’ll miss the dinner on September 30th when they announce the top 5 as I’ll be out of town (but I have my finger’s [...]
Mindset
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged change, doing things, expertise, inspiration, radical, reading on May 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I am really excited by the book I just finished. I’ve been on a non-fiction kick for a while now, and although it is usually a novel with a good story that sends me up to bed early for some reading, “Mindset – the Psychology of Success” by Carol Dweck had me completely hooked. The [...]
SERIES: Tools of the Productivity Trade – Intro
Posted in 1, tagged expertise, kaizen, productivity, success, tools on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Most people do not read this blog. Most people do not read any blogs actually. Do you know why I know? Because up until a couple of years ago, I was most people. I never read blogs. I didn’t spend more than 5 minutes on my facebook account. I didn’t follow links. I didn’t search [...]
Where will I find the 10,000 hours?
Posted in General, tagged expertise, reading, success on January 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I recently finished Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell and was struck by the fact that a group of psychologists studying expertise (does that mean they are experts in experts?) determined that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to reach mastery in any one thing. The examples in the book are anything from a Bill Gates practicing [...]
