18 April 2013 ~ 0 Comments

How to Be a Great Public Speaker

Pre-presentation butterflies might make you want to heaveā€¦ but that might actually be a good thing, if you think about it the right way. Reframing stress as something positive can help boost your performance, according to a new study published in Clinical Psychological Science. Researchers asked 69 participants to deliver five-minute presentations on their strengths […]

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31 July 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Diana Nyad: Record-Breaking Long-Distance Swimmer, Sports Journalist, Motivational Speaker

In 1979, Diana Nyad stroked her way to the longest swim in history, for both men and women. The distance was 102.5 miles–from the island of Bimini to the Florida shore–and that incredible record still stands today. Diana Nyad was front page news throughout the Western world, the lead story for Walter Cronkite on the […]

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31 July 2012 ~ 0 Comments

Diana Nyad: Record-Breaking Long-Distance Swimmer, Sports Journalist, Motivational Speaker

In 1979, Diana Nyad stroked her way to the longest swim in history, for both men and women. The distance was 102.5 miles–from the island of Bimini to the Florida shore–and that incredible record still stands today. Diana Nyad was front page news throughout the Western world, the lead story for Walter Cronkite on the […]

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