Ready Steady Speak public seminar
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Lessons from My guide Dog 01: A Question of Trust
It is appropriate that I am starting this series of blogs today, as it is international guide Dog Day and this post is about my (almost) brand new guide dog, Fiji. Here is a link to a video in which SA Guide Dog Trainer, Cheryl Robertson (who trained Fiji and I last month) takes a …
Overcoming Challenges – Tips to Help You Move Forward 05
I was chatting to a potential client at an event last week and she asked me how she, , could maintain her positive attitude in a highly stressful job, rather than falling into the trap of taking on the negativity of those around her – a trend that exhausted her and which she sometimes ended …
Reflections on a Workshop
One of the things I enjoy about facilitating workshops is the interaction between the delegates and their engagement with the topic. As a facilitator I feel it is my job to do what I need to in order to spark the discussion and then simply nudge it as it develops. Of course, a balance needs …
A True Story of Human Kindness
Once upon a time, many years ago when I was still working with my now retired guide dog, Eccles, we were walking home from the train station. I suddenly became aware that a car was crawling along behind me – matching my pace as I gradually approached home. Now, I am not one to leap …
The PSASA – A Great Business Decision
Here is a photograph of me receiving my certificate of membership as an Associate Member of the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa, with Cape PSASA Chapter President 2015 – 2016, Richard Mulvey In June 2015 I joined the Professional Speakers Association of Southern Africa and I can honestly say I think it is the …
A Quick Catch-Up
I have been quiet over the past few weeks – not because I’ve had nothing to say, but rather because I have been busy starting a new phase of my life. On 28 February I started working with my new guide dog, Fiji. And over the past month my life has been full of change …
Book Review: Book Yourself Solid, by Michael Port
Are you involved in a service industry? If you are, would you like to be able to find more clients/customers? If so, then Michael Port’s “Book Yourself Solid: The Fastest, Easiest and Most Reliable System for Getting More Clients Than You Can Handle Even if You Hate Marketing and Selling” is a must read for …
Overcoming Challenges – Tips to Help You Move Forward 04
So, there I was, sitting in the hospital room, having just been dealt the blow that my eye operation had failed – that I was now completely blind, and likely to remain so for the rest of my life. Often people have asked me how I was feeling, what was going through my mind, as …
Limiting Assumptions – Are You Sabotaging Yourself???
As a workshop facilitator I am always interested to attend workshops given by other industry leaders. On 22 February I was privileged to attend a workshop on limiting assumptions given by Canadian success mindset mentor, Jayne Blumenthal Very few of us are aware of our limiting assumptions, let alone how those limiting assumptions impact on …