I was woken up this morning to the rather distasteful image of Gordon Ramsey and Graham Poll - in shorts. Both were being interviewed on TV before setting off on the London marathon.
Gordon Ramsey is a well known TV chef, who has an international empire of top restaurants (well, at least 3). He has built […]

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One thing I have never particularly enjoyed is making “small talk” with strangers. Everywhere we go we are surrounded by new people (a nicer term than strangers) - just try walking down a shopping street. Most of the time we make little effort to interact with them. “Small talk” situations arise socially or at work […]

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This last week I have been very busy, mainly because I was involved in two days of teaching where I had to present to nursing colleagues. Also on Good Friday I was involved in my local churches “Good Friday Workshop”, helping children to make hot cross buns!
Presenting, any form of standing in front […]

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I came across an excellent post on communication, Stop Talking and Start Communicating - which is also a great title. It’s main point is that many people talk “at you, over you and around you - in your general direction” rather than with you.
Some of my posts on communication have been slightly apologetic […]

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It may sound silly to have a post about breathing - after all, we all do it without thinking. None of us were taught how to breath and, apart from pregnant women, most of us don’t get taught how to breath in later life. An interesting exception is those who perform on the stage. […]

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Having touched on this last week in Do you sound confident I thought I’d go straight in and include some exercises to improve your speaking voice. But this is a vast subject - like any aspect of self improvement there is no quick fix. Also, there is no one way or one definitive set of […]

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