The Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking took place this past weekend. After an elimination process over time that involves six rounds of talks, it all comes down to a final test of a 5-7 minute speech in front of 2000 Toastmasters. Daunting, to say the least. The 2014 winner’s speech is not yet on …
Which of these do you do when your desk is a mess and you can’t deal with everything on it anymore? Freeze? Leave? I bet you ultimately re-arrange things into more manageable piles. Why? Because your brain becomes frazzled and momentarily short circuits. It cannot absorb so many seemingly equally important stimuli demanding your attention, …