What a Bully Taught Me About Public Speaking

Written by Melissa Lewis


I hated Kyle Sisk*. A notorious bully, Kyle punctuated my grade school years with misery. He would tease me about my weight, purposely rattle me with shocking language, delight in making me look foolish at every opportunity. Kyle had scary, penetrating eyes and sharp, jagged teeth that looked, appropriately, like fangs. He even had his own evil henchman named Eddie who would follow him everywhere, laughing a conspiratorial little laugh asking, “Heh, heh, what are we going to do next, Kyle? Heh, heh.” (All Eddie was missing was a hump.) A typical encounter wasrepparttar time I was walking home from school and Kyle and Eddie pounced from behind some bushes, grabbed my books and threw them inrepparttar 130233 mud. Even worse, they snatched my precious, brand new little purse and threw it intorepparttar 130234 branches of a tree, far out of reach. They then ran off cackling in triumph. I, purseless, limped home in tears.

A Sad Reprieve

This type of treatment continued all through grade school. I enjoyedrepparttar 130235 respite of summertime before we started at our new junior high school but September came and with it, my sense of dread at seeing Kyle again. I was given a reprieve, but an unwelcome one. That first week of school, my father died suddenly of a massive heart attack. I stayed home from school for about a week forrepparttar 130236 funeral and family visits. My first day back,repparttar 130237 teachers wanted to take it easy on me so they gave merepparttar 130238 coveted duty of going to each classroom and placingrepparttar 130239 absentee list on each teacher’s desk. I felt special to be excused from class and was enjoying my rounds when I came to Mr. Lester’s science class. I enteredrepparttar 130240 room and my heart stopped. There, sitting right next to Mr. Lester’s desk was Evil Incarnate himself, Kyle. There was no avoiding him--he had seen me come in--so I braced myself for whatever abuse he was no doubt preparing, but as I got closer I noticed that he didn’t have his usual smug expression. He was looking down at his desk sheepishly. Very odd. As I layrepparttar 130241 paper onrepparttar 130242 teacher’s desk, Kyle looked up at me with big, soft eyes and in a timid, tentative voice said, “I’m sorry your old man croaked.”

How To Get In The Zone And Blast Your Marketing To A Higher Level

Written by Charles Kangethe


This may come as a surprise... but many marketers are so busy, they don't have time to get torepparttar next level.

Direct marketers are busy people. But sometimes you can be too busy for your own good.

So busy in fact that you fail to seerepparttar 130232 opportunities to move up a level in your career.

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When Richard Branson set up Virgin Airways, did he sit in his office and wonder if it would ever work? Did Bill Gates sit in his office wondering if anyone would want to buy his Windows product? No, they both knew they would be successful and worked unceasingly to make it happen.

When working to achieve your goals, you need that unerring sense of confidence and lack of doubt in yourself. You must Know it is going to happen and that you will succeed. We are not talking about thinking you will succeed, believing you will succeed or knowing you will achieve your goal. They are all intellectual forms of Knowing, Knowing with a capital K; that solid feeling inrepparttar 130233 pit of your stomach that you will make happen and you cannot fail. Expect it to happen and know there is no other way. It will happen. This Knowing gives you drive and commitment to see you through torepparttar 130234 success of your goal.

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Here is a simply 60 minute exercise that not only helps you identifyrepparttar 130235 opportunities, but also helps you "Know It Will Happen."

Are You Too Busy To Succeed ? -----------------------------

Joe Karbo is one ofrepparttar 130236 most famous direct marketers of all time.

In his book - The Lazy Man's Way To Riches - Joe explained a simple technique that helped him focus his thoughts and achieve his goals.

It's been said many times that whatrepparttar 130237 mind can conceive and believe, you can achieve.

How often do you takerepparttar 130238 time to conceive of let alone believe in your true potential ?

Many people seem to think that unless they are physically moving and doing things or actively thinking (or is that worrying) about a problem, then they are being lazy and unproductive.

Nothing is further fromrepparttar 130239 truth.

Albert Einstein once asked "Why is it I get my best ideas inrepparttar 130240 morning while I'm shaving ?"

The answer is revealed inrepparttar 130241 technique you are about to learn.

The Technique -------------

Step #1 - Find or Make A Quiet Hour Each Day

Find or make one hour each day to devote to a simple technique that yields so much benefit.

Step #2 - Get Comfortable and Set An Alarm Clock For 1 Hour

You will be inrepparttar 130242 position you choose for an hour so comfort is more important than whether or not you lie down or sit up.

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