Engage In Your Life, don't let it pass you by

This image is of a Google Search from an ‘Incognito’ tab with the search terms, “engagement” and “Screenagers.” As you can see my picture shows there, and half of the hits on page 1 are mine publications too. Does this mean I am the world’s top expert on Engagement and Screenagers?   No , but engagement has been my practice and research passion for 25 years.  Does this mean I am an expert at spreading the word and telling the world there are ways we can engage with Screenagers and others to live the life of our dreams? Maybe. Does this mean we can all take actions to change our course to beat junk engagement (like junk food) and to experience optimal (high value) engagement in this screen age? Yes!  I say we don’t have to push back against our “Screens,” and we can work together with technology in this digital/screenage to build the best life possible! Also, I have two almost Screenagers and I want to be able to give them the best digital futures I can by te...

The New Style Training Video: About one minute long and no time to get bored. The New Style Training Video: About one minute long and no time to get bored. I've had several clients tell me they love this new style of training video. They can jump right in, they like the interactive pausing ("Just and only when I need to pause.") and because it goes so quickly they don't have time to get bored.

The New Training Video: About one minute long and super quick. The New Style Training Video: About one minute long and super quick. I've had several clients tell me they love this new style of training video. They can jump right in, they like the interactive pausing ("Just and only when I need to pause.") and because it goes so quickly they don't have time to get bored.

Have you ever been asked a question and were so terrified and honored you couldn’t answer? Let me start at the beginning. About a year after  I had graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course  in Public Speaking and Human Relations, I answered a phone call and the woman, Betsy, asked me how often I used what I had learned in the course. I said to her what I  blogged yesterday , “I can’t remember a day going by when I haven’t used something from the course.” Then Betsy asked if I wanted to be a graduate assistant for an upcoming Dale Carnegie Course. I knew it would be a big time commitment, and I thought I was too busy and couldn’t afford the time Because I can’t remember what was taking so much time, those activities must not have been so important.  Also, it was a big risk for me because I only imagined myself as an in-house trainer, and working with the public was an opportunity “way” outside of my comfort zone at the time. After a few seconds, I said, ...