Get Those Undecideds On Your Side: With Jury Instructions
Despite the best efforts of all involved, jury instructions remain obscure and confusing to all but the most legalese-savvy jurors. Cases should be won or lost on their merits, but too often, cases are lost (or unsatisfactory verdicts obtained) because the jurors either did not understand the jury instructions, or how those jury instructions should […]
Drop it!!
I learned an amazing new technique from my massage therapist Tammy recently. No, not yet another way of ironing out my body ‘kinks,’ although she is pure genius when it comes to that. On the contrary, this had nothing to do with massage, and everything to do with life. Ready? Here goes. Observing her dog […]
Want Powerful Testimony? Adopt the Power-Sit
Witnesses are nervous enough already at the thought of testifying. Being loaded down with 10 body-language directives from well-meaning attorneys doesn’t necessarily enhance their testimony. I have found that one simple directive ‘fixes’ a whole host of body-language problems. That is the “Power-Sit.” Simply put, the witness sits with their rear planted firmly in the […]
The Negativity Grinch, Episode 80
There’s a far worse Grinch than the Grinch that stole Christmas, and unfortunately that Grinch, the Negativity Grinch, lives in our own minds much of the time. Yet negativity, in and of itself, doesn’t have to be a Grinch. In this podcast you’ll discover how to use negativity in its right and proper way, so that […]
Living Your Life With Passion, Purpose and Positivity
Who Will You Choose to Be In 2023?
The great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. The not-so-great thing about a New Year is we get to make a fresh start. Which we often abandon within a month or so. We then feel guilty or bad about ourselves for not being able to stick with whatever […]