Hara Hachi Bu

Hara Hachi Bu

Have you ever heard of Hara Hachi Bu? This Confucian principle was not originally meant for public speaking, although it serves it well. Roughly, it means eat until you are 80% full. Do not over eat, leave a bit of room. If you think about it, when you avoid cramming...
First periscope is coming!

First periscope is coming!

Would you like to ask me a question on public speaking on a live show? Now you can do it in my first periscope. First question is …. What is periscope?  A platform promoted by twitter for live broadcasting of videos. What will you use it for? To answer questions...
What people want

What people want

Some time ago Seth Godin wrote an interesting post about what people want. I always kept it in my hot list of “stuff to review and make sure I do something with it”. Recently it made his way in a refocussing project of a customer. In the process I worked with them to...
Images for a presentation

Images for a presentation

An image is worth 1000 words, even in presentations. It’s not the first I talk about images for a presentation. Now, to use pictures the first thing you need is… pictures. A camera is a great starting point, no kidding. Many times I preferred to shoot them...