Conquer Self-Deprecation: Elevate Your Performance and Confidence This week in Brisbane, Billie Eilish, in front of tens of thousands of fans, played a shocking bad note on her guitar. Not a soul on earth doesn’t want to beat themselves up after such an incident, but this is where she had an opportunity to sort out the sheep from the goats. Also, this week, a client

Louise Mahler – contributing author Check My Flipbook! In 2025, the Edelman Trust barometer in Australia has indicated a decline in trust in our society. I have recently been a contributor to a chapter in the upcoming book, Age of Doubt: Building Trust in a World of Misinformation, edited by Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang.   This book is set for release by Monash University Publishing in

How on earth do you stop saying “um”?  Work with me here. This is an old problem and I have a solution that is totally different, but highly effective.  So many of us say “um” ad nauseam during presentations, meetings, or any situation that causes stress.   It is ugly.  Firstly ‘um’ is just a meaningless filler and detracts from the conversations, but more importantly, the break in the flow