Happy New Year, everyone! We are a few hours away from wiping the slate clean and recalibrating our communication controls. With that in min...

My goodness how time flies! This interlude is disgraceful for a blogger -- more than three weeks. But I have lots of excuses and reasons: I ...

I just read an article from Geoff Colvin, a writer I really like in Fortune magazine. It is titled " Why Talent is Overrated ," an...

As I've noted throughout this blog, I'm a veteran Toastmaster, having won four District championships and competed in a Regional com...

Last night at one of my Toastmasters clubs, I delivered a humorous speech that I first gave five years ago. It's called "Orchestra ...

Got interesting feedback on my book. A publisher outside the country took a quick look at it is has expressed interest. He likes the subject...

Wow, my first draft is nearly finished. Just checking the punctuation and those awkward phrases that made sense to me at the time, but are i...

This is one of the two times of the year I enjoy most — the Toastmaster competitions in the fall and spring. As a devoted speaker and club ...

General Colin Powell taught us much in his appearance on Meet the Press on Sunday, October 19 , and it was not just that he is endorsing Ba...

As usual, the pundits from various points on the political spectrum are weighing in on Senator John McCain's acceptance speech last nig...