If you’ve ever played a game of chance, like poker, you know one of the most frustrating experiences can be when you make the “right” decision, and still lose. In a casual game with some friends of mine, one player wasn’t taking the game very seriously. When his cards were dealt in the first hand, […]

Giving a good speech is a kind of paradoxical task. On the one hand, nobody likes a reader. If you’re looking down at your notes, or worse, simply reading off the slideshow, you seem unengaged and unprepared. On the other hand, the speech should feel natural. Good speakers sound as if the words just came […]