Today is day #364 of my writing daily Brilliance Nuggets for one year. In this video, I share what I have gotten out of it and how to unlock lurking potential. Please watch. My big thanks to you are the biggest part of it – I could not have done this without you! I want…

Do you love or hate online learning? Why? In this nugget, I’m exploring the pros and cons of self-paced online learning, and I’m comparing it to “online learning VIP style.” The toastmaster who gave the speech I mention in this nugget is Swaran Singh. I’m Curious What is your experience with unfacilitated or facilitated online…

Have you ever faced this dilemma on how to make presentations more engaging? Recently, I gave a 20-minute presentation via video conference (Zoom). I had given a similar presentation at an in-person event and had used a few slides as illustrations along the way. However, I purposely avoided making the presentation slide-heavy. The slides were…

I’m so excited to share this idea with you. This is an innovative way to solve a problem that a lot of you are having in business right now, namely, how to attract and retain great employees. Transcript Hi, Dr. Stephie here. I’m so excited to share this idea with you. This is an innovative…

What are the traits of a great writer? What fears or concerns do we go through when we write – and how can we overcome them? What are the benefits of writing? Transcript Hi, Dr. Stephie here. What are the traits of a great writer? I asked myself that question the other day, would I…

How can you get more value out of seminars or anything you learned by reading a book or even having a conversation? Transcript Greetings, Dr. Stephie here. How can you get the most out of attending a seminar or anything that you learned by reading a book or even having a conversation? I think the…

Could one page of information be worth millions, if not billions of dollars? Could it also create a significant amount of impact? Transcript I have a question for you. Could one page be worth millions, if not billions of dollars? (and/or it could be a significant amount of impact!) It depends on what’s on that…

What are two hidden traps in teaching? Common traps you can fall into when you are working to teach a process you are very familiar with to someone else. Transcript In this video, I want to talk to you about the hidden traps you can fall into when you teach a process that you know…

It is fabulous – and so important! – to document your processes so that others can execute them when you are not there. Or, even when you are present, it is so much easier to give your team a heads-up on what to expect. In this video, I show you how converting some bullets of…

Over the years, I have often spoken about the three-legged wealth stool. If you cut off any of those legs, you have a very wobbly stool. In this nugget, I am renaming the stool. I realized it is a “Brilliance Stool.” Transcript For years and years, I have spoken about the three-legged wealth stool. The wealth stool,…

I have to confess, I love improv (improvisation)! For one thing, it can be funny! Additionally, here is a question for you: Is improv helpful, silly or just hilarious? Transcript Hi, Dr. Stephie here. I have a confession to make. I love improv. It’s funny, but let me ask you a question. Is improv silly,…

I got to thinking about this: It takes an amazing amount of practice to develop an ever-higher level of self-discipline. Yet, your success comes hand-in-hand with self-discipline.  I realized: Success and self-discipline are one happy couple. Transcript Greetings, Dr. Stephie here. There is one happy couple I want to tell you about: Success and self-discipline.  I…

Whether you visualize on what you are working like completing a puzzle or presenting an overview of a bunch of information at a glance, there is an art and a science to doing that. Seeing it at a glance on one page, in one graphic, makes it far easier to grasp – and you will…

Have you converted your expert articles into a training program? Imagine you have written a pile of articles on a particular subject. You decide to create a training program from it. Imagine furthermore that you are a subject expert who has lived and breathed this topic for years. You might be a software guru, a…

Online learning is great, right? Capture lessons in an online course, tell someone how to log in, and leave them to their own devices. Right? Wrong! There is little success in pure Do-It-Yourself courses. Depending on your age, you might still remember the days when self-improvement gurus like Tony Robbins sold their programs on DVDs…

Today is the last day of the first mini-challenge – writing Brilliance Nuggets for 7 days, we began on Monday (don’t worry – there will be more!) And yes: It is not too late to write yours for today. I will announce the winner of the first-ever Brilliance Mining T-shirt tomorrow. If you didn’t send…

It is no secret: You and I love learning. In this Brilliance Nugget, I want to share with you four thoughts about growing and passing on knowledge that will change your life- and quick examples. The more you implement all four thoughts the more you change your life – for the better, of course! 🙂…

The purpose of training is to reduce turnover and stop burning your money. Train people so they: In this Brilliance Nugget, let’s look at the advantages and disadvantages of on-the-job training versus using training systems. Let’s see whether you are unnecessarily burning money in the training of your people. Training Is Transferring A Piece Of…

Many businesses are hurting for labor right now. There is intense competition for bringing people onboard. In such case, do your company have a system on the smarter way to train new staff? At the same time, many people are rethinking which jobs they want to do going forward. They are looking for good pay,…

As most of you know already, my friend Robert “made” me do it. He challenged me to write one short Brilliance Nugget per day for one year. 365 Brilliance Nuggets days! These nuggets are fun, informative, and refreshingly short. To visualize my journey, I have compared this adventure to hiking the 2,200 miles Appalachian Trail…

Recently, a couple we are friends with was visiting us and staying with us for a few days. We had a wonderful time catching up and touring the area. Both of them are very business savvy and involved in powerful business missions. Truly, becoming successful depends on how clear is your message about you do.…

Imagine this scenario: Someone hands you a box full of puzzle pieces. Maybe there are 1000 of them. Puzzling games is the same as in life. Then you make a startling discovery: There is no top. Where is the picture? What picture are these puzzle pieces supposed to form? Since there is no picture on…