by Rob Jolles | Jul 24, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Public Speaking
I’ll never forget one of the best directors I ever worked with. He not only believed in me as an actor, but he also believed in my ability to experiment with the role I was given. His shows were legendary, but his success was by design, and not by coincidence. He was...
by Rob Jolles | Jun 12, 2015 | Public Speaking, Self Help
Humor comes easily to me. Maybe it’s because I used to watch, obsessively, old time comedians like Jerry Lewis, Red Skelton, Jackie Gleason, George Carlin, Buddy Hackett, Don Rickles, and Milton Berle, to name a few. Maybe it’s just how I’m genetically programmed....
by Rob Jolles | May 29, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Public Speaking, Self Help
I’m not crazy about Matthew Broderick: I loved him in Ferris Beuller’s Day Off, but who didn’t?! Thirteen years ago, I was in the audience of a Broadway performance of the musical “The Producers.” He was performing one of the lead roles. It turns out that some...
by Rob Jolles | May 15, 2015 | Coaching and Mentoring, Corporate Communications, Public Speaking, Sales Training, Self Help
I was a lucky kid for many reasons, and one reason was because I had a Dad, Lee Jolles, who taught me many amazing things. One of the best things he taught me was something he didn’t realize he was teaching me. You see, like most parents, my Dad always wanted to hear...
by Rob Jolles | Apr 30, 2015 | Public Speaking, Sales Training
If you ask most performers if they can remember the first time they took to a stage, the answer will come with surprising clarity. I don’t have the greatest memory, but I can remember my first time in front of an audience like it was yesterday… and I was four years...
by Rob Jolles | Jan 23, 2015 | Public Speaking, Self Help
Let’s begin by getting past the fifth word in the title of this BLArticle®, which, on some level, may have offended you. I’m referring to the word “greed.” Believe it or not, I happen to agree with the words of Gordon Gecko from Wall Street: “Greed is good.” Ask...
