My DN Travel News
Outsmart Competitors (& Earn More) Using Foreign Language Skills
May 6, 2013









This newsletter serves speakers, but service providers in general may periodically find some issues useful – like this one. Discover how developing ONE foreign language skill can help you (1) beat more competitors in your current market (2) win more business in new markets, and (3) make more money – despite harsh economic times. This […]







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Why Being "Dis-organized" Can Make You a Better Writer
May 4, 2013









The above title is not a play on words. This article highlights an often missed truth that determines how productive we can be each day. Creative types (writers, developers etc), often go through psychological peaks and troughs, that affect their output. There are those times when you find yourself in the zone, and relentlessly churn […]







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To Understand What You Learn, Teach It (3 Tips)
May 4, 2013









Think about it, and you’ll realize it’s true. Anytime human beings have to demonstrate a learned skill before others, they often put in more effort than they normally would, if they had only themselves to account to. This is why coaches and performance consultants often recommend announcing your goals. It makes you accountable to others […]







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Entrepreneurship
Getting Potential Buyers to Do What You Want (5 Powerful Insights from my Study of Online Scam Artists Who Get Total Strangers to Send Them Big Money!)
April 30, 2013









In this article, I narrate a true story of an encounter I had with an online scam artist in a Lagos cyber cafe. I then offer – for the benefit of online entrepreneurs - my insider's perspective of strategies they employ to convince total strangers to part with their money. That is, after all, what […]







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3 Reasons YOU Need To Learn Public Speaking
April 29, 2013









It may sound like I’m pushing it a bit here. But I honestly feel, based on over ten years of personal experience, that the practice of public speaking confers multiple life changing benefits on. In this issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I outline 3 specific ways in which learning public speaking can help you […]







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2 Lessons on Writing...from Tom & Jerry Cartoons!
April 28, 2013









Yeah, I know. What on earth can Tom and Jerry cartoons teach anyone about writing? But that’s the irony of life. I don’t know about you, but simple, yet powerful insights used to elude me a lot in the past. As a result I often ended up dwelling on needlessly complex alternatives. This cartoon series […]







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How Benin Republic Youth are Driving African Innovation (PLUS Women Cassava Farmers in Nigeria Earn Extra $2,200 in Off Season By Planting Cucumbers)! - Review of 12 Page PDF 2011 Report By International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
April 25, 2013









This update starts with a few notes about the responses to my new text and audio guide for english/french learners. I've provided names, links, and locations to help ANYONE interested in following up/acting on the information I've supplied here.(No time to read online? Click here to request a copy of the IFAD 12 page PDF […]







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Career Development
3 Ways Speaking a Foreign Language Can Make You Succeed More Often
April 23, 2013









Speaking a foreign language can help you in paid employment as well as in business. I have had the unique priviledge of experiencing the amazing benefits derivable from being able to speak a foreign language, on both sides of the fence. Below I outline 3 powerful rewards you can expect to reap repeatedly, from being […]







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My DN Travel News
Humanize Yourself By Talking About Your Mistakes: Audiences Will LOVE You For It! (PLUS Speak English or French FAST - FREE Downloads)
April 22, 2013









What would you do if as the invited speaker for an event, you make the mistake of travelling (by air) to the right city, but in the wrong state, less than 12 hours to the event? That’s what happened to Burt Dubin in 1983! As a mentor of world class speakers (for over 25 years), […]







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AUDIO: Why I'm Traveling SLOWLY Across West Africa to Show Business Owners, Experts & Professionals How To Use Public Speaking & Web Marketing Systems for Low (to ZERO) Cost Business (or Self) Promotion
April 19, 2013









This is what you could call my "Mission Statement". This blog post contains the download link to the audio version of an 8 minute video presentation I created, as well as a verbatim text transcript. The video was recorded using my Blackberry Pearl 9105 Smart phone video camera on Sunday 31st March 2013 from 11.23 […]







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