Sam Harrison

4 Ways To Snap Into Speaking Mode Right Before Your Next Presentation

Self-affirmations may feel corny and strained, but these four statements can help remind you how prepared you really are.

5 Ways To Respond When Someone Rejects Your Idea

Someone just took aim at your idea. Resist the urge to fire back, then do this instead.

6 Ways The Most Successful People Conquer Boredom At Work

Boredom affects us all. Here’s how to break past it when every last trace of creative energy vanishes.

How Starting Over Can Revive Your Creativity

Having to start over doesn’t mean you’ve failed. Sometimes it’s just what your creativity needs.

5 Boundaries You Can Set That Will Help You Boost Your Creativity

Think you’d generate more ideas with more time, more money, and more opportunities? Think again.

Things You Should Never Say When Pitching Your Idea

When you’re enthusiastic about your own ideas and want everyone to share that excitement, it’s too easy to let your words get ahead of you.

5 Tips For Fast And Focused Meetings

No more crowded rooms or rambling opinions–meetings can be speedy and productive with these five tips.

“Poetry Is Like Pooping” And Other Writing Tips From A TED Superstar

Here’s how poet Sarah Kay weaves inspiring stories into her writing, and you can too.

6 Ways To Harness The Power Of Daydreaming

If chasing inspiration down like prey hasn’t worked, back off–letting your mind wander can bring the muses back to you.

5 Tips For Receiving Great Ideas From Employees

How do you ensure that your colleagues’ ideas aren’t just bouncing back?

5 Lessons From Obama’s Debate Trainers To Improve Your Public Speaking Skills

If you want to improve your presentation skills, honest feedback is your new best friend. Here are five crucial lessons Obama learned after botching a 2012 debate.

Top Execs On The Power Of Good Mistakes

Mistakes–as long as they’re not thoughtless–can do your business more good than bad. You just need to make sure they’re the right kind of mistakes.

Call It “Artisanal,” And 5 Other Ways To Crush Self-Publishing

When former Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki submitted what he believed was a perfect manuscript to a professional copyeditor, the editor found 1,500 errors. So he knows a thing or two (or 1,500) about how to self-publish the right way. Read on for his tips, including why you’ll want to start with a Kindle e-book and forget the blog.

3 Techniques Bill Clinton Uses To Wow An Audience

Bill Clinton has decades of public-speaking experience, a deep well of charisma, and record high favorability ratings. But even mere mortals can borrow a few of his simple techniques to make our own presentations shine.

If You Want To Get Creative, Take A Page From Caine’s Arcade

Caine Monroy is a 9-year-old boy in L.A. who built an amazing cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto parts store during summer vacation. Here are six takeaways from “Caine’s Arcade” to help inspire creativity in you and those around you.

Rick Perry’s Debate Gaffe And What It Teaches Us About Presentation Skills (Or Lack Thereof)

The 7 Secrets Of Spellbinding Pitches

Abracadabra Moments, the Opening Line You Should Never Use, and 10 More Ways to Sell Ideas