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This is a place for you to discover thoughts, wisdom, applications, and practices for skills that create for you more connected communication. At times, I’m known to make some crazy connections to topics like nature, soccer, grand slam tennis, and more.
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Why Have Rapport?
Why bother to build rapport? At her husband’s holiday party, a friend of mine met her husband's colleague who originally came from China. This colleague shared the story about his brother who'd been climbing the corporate ladder in his homeland, and he became so...
Free Skate
I considered myself very fortunate to grow up in a town that had a roller rink, a bowling alley, and a lake that freezes over in the winter for ice skating. My hometown in northern New Jersey, formerly a farming town, was now part of the growing suburbs outside of New...
The Wire Walker
The Wire Walker doesn’t just jump on the wire and go.
The Wire Walker centers himself for what comes next. And next. And after that.
The wire walker takes the time to find his footing, to find his balance, to get to his breath, his most intense focus.
To My Teachers and Influences
“One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings. The curriculum is so much necessary material, but warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child.” ~ Carl Jung...
A Testimonial for Improvisation Learning Lessons
I had the great pleasure to hear from a woman who joined a Summer exchange program from her South African university with a New York City university. We had engaged with her fellow students in two sessions of learnings from Improvisation and Presence + Impact. Here...
Seven Principles Improvisation Teaches Us about Leadership
Every improviser has a process -- and at the very critical points, they ditch it and follow their gut. Improvisation is thought to be one of the most frightening gigs around yet is exhilarating once mastered. When in performance, improvisers in front of an audience...
