by Alex Perry | Nov 28, 2018 | Confidence, leadership, Making Mistakes, Presence, Public Speaking, Uncategorized
My friend Ricki asked me this the other day; “How do you say I’m sorry when you don’t feel like it? You know, you’ve done something that’s upset a co-worker, it’s not a big deal, and you’re told or know you should apologize to keep the peace or whatever.” (If...
by Alex Perry | Aug 22, 2018 | Confidence, leadership, Presence, Public Speaking, Storytelling
This is me before my high school graduation. The photos are fuzzy. Yes, that’s a Marborlo light in my mouth. I started smoking when I was fourteen years old, and it took me until my mid-thirties to stop completely. I used one of the photos during a presentation...
by Alex Perry | Mar 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Come on now…you’re not a stranger to The Greatest Showman. You spend way too much time dancing around your living room, remote as your mic, dreaming with your eyes wide open. You don’t admit it to your friends, but you are totally car karaoke-ing...
by Alex Perry | Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
It’s Sunday morning, and I’m scrolling through Facebook when I come across a post from a Public Speaking group that I follow. In bold black and white, a woman asked for help in finding places to speak. There wasn’t anything special about...
by Alex Perry | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Dear Pretty Perfect Woman, You are everywhere. I see you every day, at work, in meetings, networking events or on a stage. I see you at the store, the gym, at parties with my friends. You are beautiful. Your skin is light, olive, dark, black, tan, and every color in...