Here are some inspiring and motivating quotes on the subject of Public Speaking. I’m working on some articles on the fear of public speaking and learning the skills to make you a better public speaker. Enjoy!

“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” ~ Jerry Seinfeld (1954-…, American actor and comedian)

“Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American philosopher, lecturer, essayist, and poet)

“The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause. ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910, American author and humorist)

“Grasp the subject, the words will follow. ~ Cato The Elder (234 BC-149 BC, Roman statesman)

“There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.” ~ Dale Carnegie (1888-1955, developer of courses in public speaking and interpersonal skills, and author of How to Win Friends and Influence People)

“Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.” ~ Dorothy Sarnoff (1914-2008, American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, and self-help guru)

“There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.” ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910, American author and humorist)

“Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say what you’ve got to say, and say it hot.” ~ D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930, English author, poet, playwright, essayist and literary critic)

“A good orator is pointed and impassioned.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (106BC-43 BC, widely considered one of Rome’s greatest orators)

“The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you stand up to speak in public.” ~ George Jessel (1898-1981, American actor, known in his lifetime as “Toastmaster General of the United States”)

“Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.” ~ Evan Esar (1899-1995, American humorist)

“It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.” ~ Mark Twain (1835-1910, American author and humorist)

“Speak when you are angry—and you will make the best speech you’ll ever regret.” ~ Laurence J. Peter (1919-1990, educator and “hierarchiologist”, best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter Principle)

“Why doesn’t the fellow who says, “I’m no speechmaker,” let it go at that instead of giving a demonstration?” ~ Kin Hubbard (1868-1930, American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist)

“Be sincere; be brief; be seated.” ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt, on speechmaking (1882-1945, 32nd President of the United States)

“When a sermon at length comes to an end, people rise and praise God, and they feel the same way after many other speeches.” ~ John Andrew Holmes (American physician and writer)

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One important theme in the new energy paradigm we are all playing in is community. According to renowned cell biologist, Bruce Lipton (The Biology of Belief), community is a natural and important step for our human evolution.

“When you break up the individuals from a community into individual units, they become disempowered because it’s the collective consciousness and the collective energy of the group from which power comes. The principal driving force that lies before us, is that we have to recognize the nature of community as the evolutionary step that we just took a step backwards from in the last century” ~ Bruce Lipton quoted from his recent appearance on Healing With The Masters

I would like to invite you to join Healing With The Masters, a life-empowering teleseminar that has also turned into a unique community of like-minded individuals. This group is fully committed to their own growth and the growth and evolution of the planet and her inhabitants.

In fact, Healing With The Masters has become the “go to” place to join with other participants and experience the leading speakers and authors guiding each of us to find the life, flow, peace, and joy that were meant for us. 24 committed speakers are lined up just for you… to guide you, love you, and help you to re-align with your dreams.

And Jennifer brings a sense of fun and lightness to many of the big life issues covered in the series, that allows all of us to find the “light” in “enlightenment. So if you want to have fun AND shift into a new you then register at no cost at all here:

>> Healing with the Masters Volume 6

Speakers include the best known and well regarded names in the human potential movement (many have even been regulars on Oprah) including:

· Gary Zukav – New York Times bestselling author of Seat of The Soul, Dancing Wu Li Masters and his powerful newest book Spiritual Partnership: The Journey to Authentic Power (amazing life changing info)

· Dan Millman – Pioneer in the spiritual movement with his popular bestselling book The Way of the Peaceful Warrior that lead to 13 books translated into 29 languages

· Reverend Michael Beckwith – founder of Agape Spiritual Community (one of the largest new thought communities), featured teacher in The Secret, author and minister.

· Caroline Myss – five-time New York Times bestselling author and internationally renowned speaker in the fields of human consciousness, spirituality and mysticism, health, energy medicine, and the science of medical intuition.

· Neale Donald Walsch – author of the Conversations With God series. Neale, a regular on Healing with the Masters, always offers remarkable insights to applying these principles to everyday things.

· Chunyi Lin – an international qigong master (pronounced “chee gong”) and the founder and creator of Spring Forest Qigong. This popular teacher is feature in a groundbreaking medical study on the effects of qigong on pain relief. This call alone could change your life.

· Carol Look – EFT master and specialist in pain relief and abundance, bestselling author and speaker you can also see Carol in the popular The Tapping Solution movie.

· Dee Wallace – Renowned actress best known for her role as the mother in the Spielberg movie ET, Dee is a profound healer and creator of the I~M System of Healing.

· Jo Dunning – You feel her before you hear her, called the “miracle worker” Jo brings healing energies that shift you in the moment just by listening.

This is just a sampling of the 24 speakers showing up just for you.

The series starts on September 7, 2010, so get ready for 24 evenings of insight and transformation. (But be sure to join now, so you can experience all the speakers.)

To take advantage of this invitation, to tap into the mentoring-in-the-moment of these healing masters, simply:

Step #1) Register for your NO COST life changing teleseminar seat here:

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Step #2) Keep an eye out for Jennifer’s email with the details for listening in on the calls (dial in and webcasting to your computer is available. If you can’t make a date, there is a 48-hour replay available for each show!).

Step #3) Make sure you go to the download site mentioned in your confirmation email after you register. Jennifer has a couple of amazing healing-focused bonus gifts for you (meditations and sound healing audios) that you can use immediately just for enrolling in this completely free series.

So, take action right now and join this amazing wave of change, okay? Oh, and you are welcome to send a link to this post to your friends and share the fun. There are many Healing With The Master Study Groups that have formed around this series… something you could do too.

I’m sure you’re going to enjoy this unique, consciousness-expanding opportunity.

Have fun,

Gerber

P.S. ~ Remember, there are a limited number of virtual seats available for this absolutely free series, and they’re likely to fill up fast. Take action right now and join us while the opportunity is in front of you now.

P.S.S. ~ As a group we can all move together much faster with these 24 Healing Masters than each of us finding the way on our own. So, click the link, register, and get ready to shift.

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The tagline of this blog is: “how to improve the quality of your life, day by day”. That is why I got so excited when I found out about Kaizen. In this post I will give you a short introduction to Kaizen and explain how it can help you achieve your goals.

What is Kaizen?
According to Wikipedia:

Kaizen (Japanese for “improvement” or “change for the better”) refers to philosophy or practices that focus upon continuous improvement of processes in manufacturing, engineering, supporting business processes, and management

Kaizen is often translated in the west as ongoing, continuous improvement. It is based on making little changes on a regular basis: always improving productivity, safety and effectiveness while reducing waste.

Kaizen was first implemented in several Japanese businesses after World War II, influenced in part by American business and quality management teachers who visited the country. Toyota is one of the more well known companies that uses Kaizen in its business approach.

Kaizen and Personal Development
Now we know a little about the application of Kaizen in business, but how does that relate to your own personal development and achieving your goals? Well, life tends to involve a lot of changes. And this is especially the case when you set out some big goals for yourself. Change is something your brain tends to have some problems with. You might experience feelings of overwhelm or sabotage your own success, often unconsciously. You can probably think of a few cases where you went after a big goal, full of excitement. And after a few days of hard work, a few days of half-hearted attempts and a whole lot of procrastination you say farewell to this goal and move on the next best thing.

Kaizen can help you in this. The key is to take baby steps. This is just like applying the Law of Process. Take a few simple steps and continue to do this every day. Each day, week or month you take on a bit more or you take different simple steps that drive you closer to your goal. This way change is not so overwhelming and you will see that it becomes a habit to go on achieving your goal in small, simple steps.

Kaizen and EFT
EFT or Tapping can of course help you when you feel overwhelmed. If you are unfamiliar with EFT, you can read How to Get Started with EFT. This works great in combination with Kaizen. Every day you take a few small steps. If you then experience any feelings of unease or overwhelm, you use EFT on those issues and move on. This should eliminate those blocks that are between you and achieving your goal.

Examples
So what can you use Kaizen for? Like EFT/Tapping you can use it on everything. Here are a few examples:

• Exercise: if you need to get into shape and want to exercise more, just begin with a few simple exercises. Take the stairs whenever possible or walk in front of the TV every night. This will not get you into shape overnight, but it builds the habit of exercising. You can then move on to things like walking or running a few miles or whatever suits your purposes.
• Eating and drinking: it can be really difficult to change eating and drinking patterns. What if you practically live on coffee, but you would like to abandon that altogether. Chances are high that you will not succeed in one try. What you could do is reduce your caffeine intake by a few cups day by day. Instead of having coffee right after your lunch break, have some water or herbal tea.
• Guitar playing: it is often better to practice an hour a day, instead of skipping the week days and annoy your dog and your neighbors for the entire Saturday. Set out some exercises you want to practice and work on those and only those exercises for that week. The next week you pick up some new exercises. That way you stay focused on improving particular skills.

Changing in the Kaizen way is not always the fastest way to create big changes, but then again making the changes last is often the most difficult part. Make small changes every day, celibrate along the way, and you are on a much surer road to success.

You can probably think of other ways to apply Kaizen. Share them with us in the comments.

And, as always, have fun!

Gerber

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@GerberDeLange
News about this blog (updates, maintenance) will be shared with you through @GerberDeLange. That account still is my main account. Here I also tweet about things like what books I have read or movies I have seen. Expect to see some personal development quotes from time to time. Some of them have already been posted here.

@GerberDeLangeNL
@GerberDeLangeNL will be used to interact with my Dutch personal friends and other Dutch speaking people in the field of personal development and life coaching. Als je Nederlands spreekt en actief bezig bent met persoonlijke ontwikkeling en life coaching, laat het me dan weten via een reactie op dit blog of via Twitter.

@LauraTejedor
Laura mostly tweets in the Dutch language. You can follow her at @LauraTejedor. The description of what she tweets about will now follow in Dutch: hoe het is om veganist te zijn (inclusief foto’s van wat wij samen zoal eten ), duurzaam leven, mindfulness, en nog veel meer.

No related posts.

Like I said in the previous post, I am working on a couple of new posts. I have been to busy with other things lately (see also one of the links below), but new updates are coming soon.

In the meantime you can check out the following sites:
– The Dark Side of Mineral Water by John Robbins – bottom line: it’s probably best not to rely on a soft drink company to provide you with a healthy beverage.
– Simpleology (no affiliate link) – here’s where I have been spending most of my free time the last few days. I bought just about all his courses and love every single one of them. You get Simpleology 101 for free. The rest you have to pay for, but believe me – it’s well worth the money. Mark Joyner has an amazing talent for describing complex material in easy to understand lessons.

Enjoy!

Gerber

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As I’m in the process of moving this blog to another hosting provider, I’m not going to post much here. I’m working on a couple of articles and will post them when the blog is moved successfully. You’ll here from me again soon.

Take care,
Gerber

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1. Increase Your Mind Power – Use Mental Math Tricks – The most popular post of 2009 remains the most popular in the first half of 2010.
2. How to Stop Complaining – Number 3 of 2009. This is one of those articles you need to re-read from time to time to remind yourself of the message it contains.
3. Inspirational and Motivational Quotes on Complaining – Apparently, the subject of complaining (or ways of stopping it) is very popular here.
4. 7 Most Popular Mental Math and Speed Mathematic Books – I wrote this one, because Mental Math seems to be very high in demand here.
5. How to Remember Names and Faces – Another one from 2009 and still very popular.
6. 2010 Tapping World Summit – Free Online Event – This was the first of a series of blog posts I wrote about this amazing event. The event has ended, but you can still find plenty of free information at The Tapping Solution website. Just follow one of the links in the blog posts.
7. Top EFT Sites – Slightly less popular than last year, but still frequently viewed by visitors to this blog.
8. How to Improve Your Self-Esteem with EFT – Just as important now as when it was written a year ago.
9. Increase Your Mind Power – Neurobics – This reminds me to try some neurobic exercises this week.
10. 15 Ways to Increase Your Mind Power – Many people still find this article through one of the discussions on the Steve Pavlina forums.
11. Vegans Having a Dry Skin in Winter – Winter is over in this part of the world, but this post was again very popular during those winter months.
12. Inspirational Quotes on Positive Thinking – Laura’s post with quotes on positive thinking is always a joy to read.
13. 10 Inspirational and Motivational Quotes About Happiness – Inspired by some of these quotes, I have been doing some research on increasing your level of happiness. Expect more on this soon.
14. 2010 Tapping World Summit – Questions Answered – The second post in the series.
15. Quotes by Jim Rohn on Financial Independence – Jim Rohn passed away last year, but he will live on in the timeless advice he has given.

If you have any ideas for new blog posts, let us know.

Take care,

Gerber

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• 101 Self Improvement Resources – this should keep you busy for a while. A great reference guide to blogs and lots of other websites.
• Simple Living Manifesto: 72 Ideas to Simplify Your Life – a wonderful list of ways to simplify your life. Or just take a look at the short list if you want to save time.
• 101 Tips to Help You Make Money Doing What You Love – some of the things that Paul mentions are rather straightforward, but you will surely find a few gems in here. This is definitely a good reminder of the things you should be doing.
• Top 40 Useful Sites to Learn New Skills – Marc has come up with a very helpful list of sites for if you want to learn new skills.
• 121 Ways to Improve Your Life, Be Happier and More Awesome – this list of ways to improve your life really resonates with what we want to achieve here at EverydayImprovement.com. Just like Paul’s list, this one contains obvious ideas. But it really helps to remind yourself of everything that is available to you already to improve your own life and that of those around you. Good job Henri!
• 40 Ways to Use Time Wisely – Tiny Buddha already has more than 85,000 followers on Twitter. I am one of them. Great quotes and you keep up with the blog posts. The posts are written by several authors. This one is about using time wisely and should be helpful to all of us.
• 12 Tricks Your Brain is Playing on You – not all lists have to have at least 40 items to be interesting. Dumb Little Man has many more great blog posts.

That’s it. If you know of more great lists in the field of personal development, let me know.

Gerber

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“How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.”

“The fool wonders, the wise man asks.”

“Diligence is the mother of good fortune.”

“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

“One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.”

“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.”

“Little things affect little minds.”

“Justice is truth in action.”

“Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.”

“Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.”

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.”

“The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.”

“My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.”

“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.”

“Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.”

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Intro
Lately I’m becoming more and more aware of the fact that small issues can really annoy me. Examples of these are waiting in line too long at the store or seeing someone driving in the wrong lane. I know it doesn’t help to get all worked up about this and usually it just makes things worse. But when I’m a bit tired or have a lot of stuff going on, I get worked up a lot faster.

Then I remembered I had put something on my to do list about something called the balance procedure and the issue of “irritated/annoyed”. The idea is to balance this feeling of irritation/annoyance to a complete sense of freedom, feeling empowered with the choice to live the life you want. I have been doing the balance procedure for a few days now and it really helps me to feel better. I will continue to use the Balance Procedure for this issue for 28 days and will definitely use it with other issues.

I got the idea from myGenie.tv, a membership site I joined primarily because of the EFT/Tapping videos. According to myGenie.tv the balance procedure can be used to help you create natural balance in your life within 28 days. Here is a very short (simplified) description of how to get started with the balance procedure: you place your hands over your heart chakra; you breathe in – and feel good about something ; and you breathe out – here you think or say the word “balance”. The videos below show a couple of examples.

Videos
In the video below David Childerley shows you how you can balance the feeling of fear to safety and protection.

In the next video Michelle Childerley shows you how you can balance the feeling of low self-esteem to confidence and joy. This can work wonderful in addition to improving your self-esteem with EFT.

Other Examples
Just like EFT/Tapping you can use the balance procedure on everything. Here are a few examples from myGenie.tv. I think anyone can relate to at least some of them.

• Worthless / Not good enough / Not deserving
• Loneliness
• Social anxiety
• Lack of relationships
• How to know your wants
• Lack of direction / What’s my life’s purpose
• Having no time
• Judgmental / Critical
• Injustice
• Financial worry
• Sadness / Loss / Grief

If you want to learn more about the balance procedure, just visit myGenie.tv.

Take care,
Gerber

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