Do these statistics surprise you?
McMaster University researchers tracked the amount of time 4,000 stay-at-home and working Canadian parents spent caring for children before and during the pandemic. Here’s what they found:
Men reported an average of 33 hours of caregiving per week before COVID-19 hit and 46 hours per week during. Women reported an average of 68 hours per week before and a whooping 95 hours per week during!Mothers have taken on an alarming number… Read More
When my daughters were teenagers, they would say, “You’re using your speaker voice again.”
The first time they said it, I asked, “What does that mean?”
My 15-year-old daughter explained, “It’s the voice you use when you’re saying something to motivate us. You like the voice; but, you don’t want to argue with it.”
Can you relate? It’s been a stressful time. Sometimes how you’re feeling is reflected in your voice.
The work of running a business – or raising… Read More
Can you guess which questions I’m most frequently asked through social media and after giving keynotes, seminars, and online training?
1. How did you become a professional speaker?
2. How did you get your books published?
3. Are you always this positive?
Here are the answers to those three FAQs:
1. How did you become a professional speaker?
The entire story about how I became a professional speaker is interesting and funny, but it’s… Read More
Give this sixty-second video a quick watch and tell me . . .
Do you think this could possibly be the world’s strangest pick-up line?
I’m quite certain that if someone had asked me the question my friend had been asked, I would not have assumed I was being hit on! I would have taken it personally because I was teased about my weight when I was a kid.
In his book,… Read More
