Archive - Pitch + Persuade

Overnight Success Takes 20 Years

The skills you build on the way up are what save you later on

Jul 31 •

1:50

Spikes: The 10-Minute Rule for Holding Attention

How to Keep Your Audience from Zoning Out. Good content isn’t enough. If you don’t plan to keep attention, you’ll lose it.

Jul 16 •

June 2025

How to Use Props That Make Your Message Stick

From keynote stages to one-on-one pitches, these three prop strategies create the kind of moments people remember.

Jun 19 •

Trust Isn’t Measured On a Spreadsheet

Scrolling through X, I saw this tweet: “If a business has a small dish [of candy] by the register it means the company isn’t owned by private equity…

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Build Trust with a Story

The right story builds trust faster than facts can.

May 29 •

Will, Skill, and Structure

Why do some people get so much done while others spin their wheels and stall out?

May 21 •

The Hand and the Hook

Most presentation advice is either too vague to use or too specific to apply. Here’s a simple framework that actually works—for high-stakes talks…

May 14 •

It’s Not Supposed to Be Easy

We remember “blood, sweat, and tears.” But Churchill actually said something harder. 80 years after WW2, a reminder of what it still takes to build…

May 7 •

January 2025

How to Answer Any Question—Even the Tough Ones

3 tactics to answer any tough question with confidence. Stop rambling and start and respond on the spot, with clarity and authority.

Jan 31 •

September 2023

The 4-Minute Persuasive Speech

Use four sticky notes to make a persuasive speech

Sep 15, 2023 •

August 2023

Persuade with One Page

How to create a compelling one-pager for your next high-stakes meeting.

Aug 26, 2023 •

August 2022

Write Useful Books summary & challenge

Have you ever finished a business book and thought, "It should have been an article." It could have been 25 pages instead of 250 pages of fillers and…

Aug 9, 2022 •

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts