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The Voice of Compassion
My best friend’s wife died recently. Suddenly. Nothing can explain a tragedy like this. But in the midst of bottomless grief and sorrow,...
Dec 30, 20182 min read

To Pitch an Idea, first you must Connect
One of the biggest reasons why so many pitches fail is that we fail to CONNECT with our listeners. Connection is where it all starts....
Nov 27, 20182 min read

How the Voice of Emma González Saved me
I felt numb. Yet another cruel shooting in my home country of America. In sunny Florida even. Yet another senseless slaughter of innocent...
Sep 23, 20182 min read

As soon as you speak, you will instantly be judged
With first impressions, your voice is more important than you may realise. It takes less than 1 second for people to judge your...
Jul 23, 20182 min read

What I learned from 3 days of complete silence
When I was a rowdy kid (yes, just ask my 4 brothers), my mother would (often) send me to my room. Being forced to sit alone was the...
Mar 13, 20182 min read

A Silent Retreat: Who are you without your Voice?
One of my life’s biggest missions is to help other people to find their voices. Not their singing voices, but their speaking voices....
Mar 9, 20181 min read

The Power of Pitching
Just before Christmas I competed in the Finals of the Techtour European Venture Contest. Oddly enough, I was one of the category winners...
Jan 23, 20181 min read

Learn from the Speakers You Admire
I just listened to an old speech by Martin Luther King Jr. from April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It wasn’t his...
Nov 21, 20171 min read

A Tolerance for SilenceÂ
Right now I am on an airplane. I’m flying home at 20,000 feet from Kuopio, Finland. I’m decompressing. Imagine a town dropped right in...
May 20, 20172 min read


Entrepreneur Success Factor? Words-Music-Dance
Many entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...
Oct 9, 20122 min read


The Secret to Pitching your Business in 30 seconds
If you can’t tell me in 30 seconds what you do and what you want, then I am not buying, investing or probably even listening any longer...
Jul 25, 20123 min read
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