Magic Minute Am I Hearing English? By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I was listening to directions from a Scotsman in his thick brogue, but all I heard were meaningless sounds. This challenge of understanding the accents and slang of others doesn’t only fall on the proud Scots. While a German friend of mine was […]
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Magic Minute Comfortable Conversation By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // In a friendly conversation I once asked a young guy what he did for a living. “I work with animals,” he said. I immediately thought of a zookeeper or some sort of animal trainer – but he turned out to be a butcher! He told
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Magic Minute Keep The Happiness Flowing By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // “Funny how a friendly conversation with a complete stranger can take us somewhere we didn’t expect. I’d just stopped at the lights on my fancy pedal-assist tricycle with a massive 4 L bottle of mineral turpentine in the basket to clean my dirty
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Quote A Person Wrapped Only in Themself By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “A person wrapped only in themself makes a forlorn package few will care to open ” Laurie Smale, Master Speaing Coach and Author – How to be a Conversational Success! 💬 #lauriesmalequotes #wrappedinthemself Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn
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Simple Secrets to Panic-free Public Speaking for Camberwell Business Club By Laurie Smale Topic: Simple Secrets to Panic-free Public Speaking Date: 5 December 2024 Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm – In person For: Camberwell Business Club, Deco Cafe, Level 1, 211 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, 3124 Registration and Publicity Links: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/camberwell-business-club-tickets-769432672837Details: The Camberwell Business Club
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Speaking Becoming a Conversational Superstar for City of Boroondara By Laurie Smale Topic: Becoming a Conversational Superstar Date: 3 December 2024 Time: 6:00pm – 8:00pm – In person For: City of Boroondara End of Year Function, 8 Inglesby Road, Camberwell, Melbourne, Victoria, 3124 Registration and Publicity Links: https://www.boroondara.vic.gov.au/services/business/business-news-and-events/events-businesshttps://camberwellbusiness.com.au/event/super-networking-end-of-year-face-to-facehttps://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1289669Details: Super Networking events are held on a
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Magic Minute Snakes Alive! By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // Ever been staring at one of those illusory pictures till something leaps out at you in 3D? Well, that’s what happened to me in Western Australia’s Yanchep Crystal Cave. While admiring a big stalagmite a 6ft tiger snake morphed from the structure into my view,
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Quote Always Look For The Good By Laurie Smale QUOTE // “Always look for the good in people and build on their courage” Laurie Smale, Master Speaking Coach and Author – How to be a Conversational Success! 💬 #lauriesmalequotes #conversationalsuccess #courage #lookforthegood Shared online: Archive.org Facebook Page Facebook Profile Google Instagram LinkedIn Page LinkedIn Profile
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Magic Minute Misunderstanding By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // I just got on a tram when a smartly dressed young lady said, “Are you Laurie Smale?” “Yeah, that’s me.” “Well, I’m Susan Grimshaw and I was very jealous of you in grades five and six for you continuously out-shone me with Reading Writing and anything
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Magic Minute Race of Survival By Laurie Smale MAGIC MINUTE // The ominous clatter of a German half-track echoed through the trees. “They’re right behind me!” Thought seventeen-year-old Lino, hurtling around a bend on his racing bike in the Piedmont foothills. “Better bury myself and my bike in the scrub!” He thought heading for the
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