June 2012

How to Keep Going When You Feel Stuck (Video)

by Monica June 30, 2012

Let’s face it: Sometimes we’d rather be doing, well, a LOT of things besides writing blog posts, making videos, sending out email newsletters, or any other form of sharing our stories. Take this post, for instance. It’s Saturday. It’s nearing a hundred degrees outside and I don’t have air conditioning in my apartment. I guarantee [...]

Friday Photo: Start. Go. Keep Going.

by Monica June 29, 2012

“You just have to keep on doing what you do. It’s the lesson I get from my husband; he just says, Keep going. Start by starting.” ~ Meryl Streep This mantra for this last week in June is “Keep Going.” I have a few other thoughts on that here. But I think the quote above from [...]

Keep Going (or Stop)

by Monica June 27, 2012

Keep Going Even if we aren’t sure of the next step Especially if the next step scares us “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr. Even if no one else “gets” it at the moment Especially if no one else “gets” it ever [...]

Friday Photo: Just Say Yes

by Monica June 22, 2012

“Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working [...]

How Improv Can Improve The Interview

by Monica June 21, 2012

Greetings from hot and sweaty Brooklyn! In yesterday’s post we explored the importance of saying yes for expanding our message. Today’s Show & Tell video explores the improvisation technique known as Yes And. Watch to find out how this one simple tip can greatly improve your story-telling technique during interviews. (And how I make an [...]

The Two Step Plan To Expand

by Monica June 20, 2012

If we want to expand our message, (and in some form or another we all do), it’s time to turn our attention outward. No man is an island after all. But where do we start? How do we reach out to potential partnerships? How do we grow our audience? We could focus on likes and [...]

Friday Photo: A Great Reason To Risk

by Monica June 19, 2012

Confession: Last week’s Friday Photo is being posted on a Tuesday (shhhh at least it was taken last Friday). The reason for the delay? I was attending TBEX in Keystone Colorado and taking a risk by speaking about how to be a rockstar travel show host to a full room of travel bloggers/PR folks. On [...]

Is Public Speaking Risky Business? Not Anymore! (Video)

by Monica June 14, 2012

This month on Show & Tell, we’re examining the concept of Expanding. In addition to the make-over of this website, last week we covered the importance of Observation for storytelling, and this week we’re all about taking Risks. If you missed the post, you’ll want to read it here. Done? Awesome! Let’s have a little [...]

To Risk Or Not To Risk, There Is No Question

by Monica June 12, 2012

Risk. There’s much to be said on this topic. Go big or go home. Small steps for big changes. Do one thing a day that scares you. All or nothing. So which way is the right way? Go all in or play it safe? Heck if I know. But if I had to wager, I’d [...]

Friday Photo: Self-Observation

by Monica June 8, 2012

“But people themselves alter so much, that there is something new to be observed in them for ever.”~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice It’s Friday!! What are you going to observe this weekend? If you missed this week’s blog post or video, pour yourself a beverage of choice and dig in! See yawl next week!

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