8. Talk with a friend about your topic to flesh out ideas, titles, and content. Tape-record conversation so you don’t miss anything. You would be surprised at how much we think we hear and how we actually do.

9. Write an email to a friend to tell him or her what you want to accomplish. If you are stuck, say so and ask for help.

10. Check in with your vibrational energy and do something to switch it into high gear. Take a shower. Go for a walk or dance naked in moonlight.

11. Hire someone to transcribe your recording so that you can stay focused on creative end of speaking.

12. Authentic, flat-out, raw laughter frees psyche and opens creativity process.

13. Find a setting with lots of trees and flowers and feel nature. If weather permits, take off your shoes and socks and feel grass between your toes. Nature has a way of freeing our spirit to let flow out of our best material.

14. If you are used to practicing your speak in a quiet place, create noise and practice. You will learn to speak with distractions.

15. Go for a quiet leisurely drive and practice your vowels outlook expand your voice range.

That was exciting, wasn’t it? Post this list in a conspicuous place so that it is readily available when needed. Do one or two of these daily to keep your thought process clear and attracting. Your audience is waiting.

(c) Copyright 2005, Catherine Franz. All rights reserved.

If you want to win or sustain fondness of a loved one, a Leadership Talk may just make it happen.

Mixing leadership and love may seem like mixing apples and oranges. But great leadership and love share common elements. For one thing, when you are wooing your lover, you may be taking lead. And for another, using a Leadership Talk, you're fostering a deep, heartfelt relationship -- as great leadership often does.

Here are a few pointers on giving a Leadership Talk that you can put into effect this Valentine's Day or any other interlude for love. Before you speak, simply ask three questions: Do you know needs of your lover? Can you bring deep belief to relationship? And can you have your lover take action? If you say ‘no' to any one of those questions, you can't give a Leadership Talk.

The questions apply to lovers as well. To foster a deep, human emotional relationship, you must know what your sweetheart needs, deep belief you bring to relationship, and finally, action you want your sweetheart to take.

However, questions are not meant to be stumbling blocks to your Leadership Talk but stepping stones. If you answer ‘no', step back and assess your situation. Think through what you might say so that you can ‘yes' to each question. Then speak. Give a Leadership Talk. And, by way, don't forget chocolates and roses. ============================ 2005 © The Filson Leadership Group, Inc. All rights reserved. =============================