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You Had to Be There Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute You Had To Be There

Magic Minute You Had To Be There By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Some of our memories aren’t that big a deal now, but at the time they were. It was around 1957 in grade 4 in old Dixon’s Class; a dour old Scotsman who found it hard to see the funny side of anything. […]

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Happy Song Bird Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Happy Song Bird

Magic Minute Happy Song Bird By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been judged out of context? Well, with these Magic Minute videos I soon learned that my speaking voice needed a bit of a tuneup before each event. And the best way to do this was to sing a couple of songs like: “Ramblin’

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Is Santa Real? Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Is Santa Real?

Magic Minute Is Santa Real? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // A concerned 9-year-old Cyndy came home from school and said to her grandma, “Sally told me that Santa isn’t real.” Her grandmother explained that the sharing of Christmas is very real and Santa’s goodwill represents this. But not wholly convinced, Cyndy did what any

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By Accepting Yourself Laurie Smale Quote

Quote By Accepting Yourself

Quote By Accepting Yourself By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “By accepting yourself and your room for improvement, you’ll thwart imposter syndrome from getting in the way for you’ll always be growing” Laurie Smale, Master Speaking Coach and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #lauriesmalequotes #acceptingyourself #impostersyndrome Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google

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Unexplainable Wonder Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Unexplainable Wonder

Magic Minute Unexplainable Wonder By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever experienced something wonderful that defies explanation? Well, the first part of it happened on a nice summer’s day when I stumbled across the resting place of Lachlan Macquarie, Australia’s fifth Colonial Governor from 1810 to 1821, among the woodlands on the Scottish Isle of

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The Clothes You Wear Laurie Smale Quote

Quote The Clothes You Wear

Quote The Clothes You Wear By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “The clothes you wear have a contextual role, but they don’t maketh the person; this comes from within” Laurie Smale, Master Speaking Coach and Author – How to take the Panic out of Public Speaking 🎤 #lauriesmalequotes #panicfreepublicspeaking #clothesyouwear #comesfromwithin Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page

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Lumberjack Shirt Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Lumberjack Shirt

Magic Minute Lumberjack Shirt By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I just stepped down from the platform when a youngish guy in a lumberjack shirt and a peak cap came over and said, “I really enjoyed your talk… What got you into this subject of speaking fear?” I shared the short version of my early

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Hope Goes On Springing Eternal Laurie Smale Quote

Quote Hope Goes On Springing Eternal

Quote Hope Goes On Springing Eternal By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Hope goes on springing eternal, but unless we act upon it in some way, it will always stay out of tantalizing reach” Laurie Smale, Master Speaking Coach and Author – “Finding Me Finding You” 🦋 #lauriesmalequotes #findingmefindingyou #hopespringseternal Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook

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Mind-Expanding Wonders Laurie Smale Magic Minute

Magic Minute Mind-Expanding Wonders

Magic Minute Mind-Expanding Wonders By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I can’t remember my mother ever reading us kids a story, so we had little appreciation of the wonders between the pages of a book. But I did catch a glimpse of these wonders in grade three where I’d seek out a well-worn book about

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Your Goal Is Not Perfection Laurie Smale Quote

Quote Your Goal Is Not Perfection

Quote Your Goal Is Not Perfection By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Your goal is not perfection, but doing the very best you can with your endeavours for you’ll be seeing yourself grow” Laurie Smale, Master Speaking Coach and Author – How to take the Panic out of Public Speaking 🎤 #lauriesmalequotes #publicspeakingpanic #notperfection #yourgoal Shared

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