Posts by Jeff Paro

People don’t really get it until they experience it. Rio —> Buenas Aires —> Florianopolis those are the places I’ve been in just the last 10 days. I finally had an American friend come visit me here in Brazil. I’ve been preaching for years how rich the culture is, how vast, beautiful, and different the…

Superfan Michael writes in: “Jeff, are you really that illiterate, or did you outsource the writing of that drivel to someone who speaks English as their third language?  Why would anyone take speaking advice from someone who cannot write???” I had several thoughts when I read this. First, “English as a THIRD language” made me…

Not too long along I posted a question on Flakebook. I asked, “If Warren Buffet would manage your money, would you do it?” Shockingly (actually, not so much), MANY people wouldn’t just throw their money to them. They all had opinions why you shouldn’t… … You need to diversify … Warren Buffett is getting old…

From the files of “I bet you didn’t know that”: Do you know what your RAS (Reticular Activating System) is? It’s the part of the brain that tells us what to “notice”, or what to “pay attention to” from all the information that we are being bombarded by (unconsciously). Let me demonstrate: Can you remember…

From the files of Personal Development: I recently hopped on FacelessBook and came across a post that actually made me think. Taylor wrote,: “This morning at Starbucks I listened to someone literally complain to a “friend” about everything not going well in their life. Which was pretty much everything lol. Job sucks. Not enough money.…

Have you ever watched a movie where they start you walking down a very interesting path and then they suddenly cut away to another scene and you’re like, “wait, what happened with X?…” In script writing and NLP, this concept is called an open loop. When we apply it to public speaking, we call it…

Paris street futsballers like the rappers be they can relate to personal stories. They touch them on a deep level. That’s what happens when you tell your personal story correct. The back story: Watching documentaries is one of the best ways I know of to grow as a human being (and autobiographies). A well-produced documentary…

“While to many ‘time is money,’ it’s probably more universal to say that ‘money is time.’ After all, time is the currency of everyone’s life. When it’s spent, the game is over” — Joel Greenblatt You Can Be A Stock Market Genius One of the greatest gifts of having money is your ability to have…

“You could be talking out your ass and people would still believe you.” That’s what I well-known copywriter said about speaking from the stage. He said it’s called the podium effect. I couldn’t help but think, DUH!… how do you think Politicians get elected? He’s right though, the mere fact that you’re “the Speaker” in…

In a book that I recently read there was a great parable that went something like this…. “A man walks at night along a path. He sees a poisonous snake blocking his way and turns and runs in the opposite direction. The next morning he’s walking down the same path and notices a rope, coiled up, in…