A Blog by Tim Wade

Getting over the Fear of Public Speaking, by Tim Wade Motivational Speaker Apparently the fear of public speaking ranks higher than the fear of dying. Perhaps that's because those fearing public speaking actually fear dying on stage and then living with the shame of it forever. I'm Tim Wade, a professional motivational speaker, Singapore -based, global clients. And I remember my worst ever speech. Pensively pre-speech ... in Japan, 29 Jan 2011 - Tim Wade The worst speech I ever gave It was at boarding school in Melbourne, Australia, when I had to give a farewell speech for one of the house tutors. I didn’t know him at all... and I did less research about him than those who oppose climate change. My speech consisted of only the following words: “Tonight we farewell Mr White who, as we all know, has a motorbike.” And I took about 8 minutes saying that in various different ways before deciding to sit down. My walk back to my seat after my moti...

Zoe playing. I'm on the computer. I'm there but not present. She comes over with things, one time it was something that fell off the table and she wanted to add value to me by giving it back to me... Another time it was so that I could take a sip of her drink. She was trying to bring me in. She's not even two years old. Almost, just over a week from now.  But I saw it, I realised, and I shut the computer and went to engage. I love Christmas. I love it. I love the spirit of this time of year. It's undeniable. Even Ebenezer Scrooge transformed. It's amazing. And the reason for the season is either you believe in God's gift of Jesus Christ, or it's the nearly the end of your year and that will somehow make next year better. For me, I'm both the former AND the latter on this one. Whatever your belief right now, I hope you get your Christmas presence. Not a typo. I noticed that Zoe noticed that I wasn't being present. And isn't that re...