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August 31, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Motivation & Success

I am in the process of putting together some new offerings. They include a mix of free webinars, paid coaching, and live seminars. Please help me offer you the best possible value I can be taking this quick (1 page, 10 questions, less than 2 minutes to take) survey: Avish’s New Offerings Survey All questions [...]

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How to Not Lose $10 Million Dollars by Oversleeping

August 30, 2010 - 4 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Ding!, Motivation & Success

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Have you ever overslept, then woken up in a panic and scrambled to get to work on time? Did that oversleeping cost you ten million dollars? No? Then consider yourself lucky. Last week, golfer Jim Furyk was disqualified from the Barclay’s golf tournament because he missed his tee time by a few minutes. The reason [...]

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Are Your Life Plans More Convoluted than Die Hard 2?

August 25, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Motivation & Success

diehard2

John McClane, protagonist of the Die Hard movies, is quite the action hero. He has foiled 4 different terrorist plots that rang in scope from taking over a building to shutting down the country. McClane is an amazingly capable badass, but it’s not just his own prowess that allows him to succeed. No, he is [...]

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Recording of Presentation Skills Webinar Available Online!

August 24, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Talk Gooder

Were you on last night’s Presentation Skills Webinar? If not, don’t worry! you can watch the recording of the entire webinar online here: Better Presentation Skills Using Improv Comedy! In additon to some great info on presentation skills, there are some special offers I announce in the video that are good until this Friday, 8/27! [...]

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Avish Interviewed on the Actuation Zone!

August 24, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Ding!, Motivation & Success

I was recently interviewed by Brett Clay, author of Selling the Change, on his radio show, “The Actuation Zone”! The interview went great. In fact, here is what Brett emailed to me afterward: “This is my favorite interview! First, I am drinking the Koolaide on how applicable and valuable are your improve techniques. Second, I [...]

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Free Presentation Skills Webinar Tonight!

August 23, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Talk Gooder

Here’s a reminder (or an announcement, if you missed my first notice about it!): I am conducting a free presentation skills webinar tonight, Monday, Auguat 23rd at 8PM EST. There is no charge, and you don’t even have to sign up! Just surf on over to: http://www.SeeAvishLive.com at 8PM tonight! Please spread the word and [...]

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Getting Worse to Get Better [VIDEO]

August 20, 2010 - 3 Comments
Categories: Improv Comedy, Motivation & Success, Video

Here’s a short video where I explain why sometimes you have to be willing to get worse in order to get a whole lot better: If you like it, please share it!

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More Lessons From My Favorite Rock Band of All Time!

August 19, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Motivation & Success

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Pop quiz: What band wrote the following songs: Working Man Fly By Night La Villa Strangiato Far Cry Show Don’t Tell Subdivisions Tom Sawyer If you answered, “Rush” congratulations! You win a hearty smile of approval from me. If you answered, “I have no idea,” then go watch the videos on this page now! Do [...]

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New Demo Video!

August 17, 2010 - 0 Comments
Categories: Business Advice, Ding!, Improv Comedy, Just Funny, Motivation & Success, Talk Gooder

I have a new demo video for my keynote speaking business! This one does a great job of capturing my energy, humor, and crowd interaction. Check it out: (If you would like a similar video for your speaking business, drop me a line and I will out you in touch with my Amanda, my video [...]

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3 Success Lessons From My Terrible Year in Little League

August 17, 2010 - 2 Comments
Categories: Motivation & Success

baseball

The people who know me well know that I am not a fan of baseball. I only watch baseball during the World Series. When the Philadelphia Phillies are in it. During the second half of the game. If it’s not too late at night. If I remember. Otherwise, I care less about baseball than Kanye [...]

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