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The Tone of Everyday Heroines and Villains

Lance Cooper by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | on May 24, 2010 | about | 0 Comments
The Tone of Everyday Heroines and Villains

Over the last few days of vacation, I’ve seen a Delta stewardess speak with arrogance (an exaggerated display of one’s own importance) and a Grand Canyon bus driver shout instructions with anger.  Their tones bordered on abuse. Their voices were harsh.  Why?  What was it that caused them to act irresponsibly toward those they had been asked...

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The Tone of a Professional

Lance Cooper by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | on May 18, 2010 | about Coaching, Attitudes, Beliefs & Inspiration | 0 Comments
The Tone of a Professional

Have you ever wondered how Broadway professionals keep their performances from receding into stale repetitions of old lines?  Night after night - matinees and evening performances ... How do actresses and actors keep displaying Tony award-winning acting and choreography - within the same old routines?

For several years, I performed each...

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A Small Moment in the Power of Tone

Lance Cooper by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | on May 15, 2010 | about | 0 Comments
A Small Moment in the Power of Tone

Yesterday, I was in a health foods store in Arizona - enjoying some R and R with my lovely bride and I began to think again about “The Power of Tone.”  Louise was the cashier at checkout.

This is a beautiful part of our great country.  I find an incredible strength and peace in the red rock formations.  I’m sure the landscape doesn’t...

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The Power and Manner of Tone

Lance Cooper by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) | on May 09, 2010 | about Attitudes, Beliefs & Inspiration | 0 Comments
The Power and Manner of Tone

This past week I flew Delta from Knoxville, TN to Savannah, Georgia.  On the leg from Knoxville to Atlanta, I noticed the ‘tone’ of my stewardess - especially during the familiar “turn off all electronic devices.”

I could not get my computer turned off in time for her.  And, as she passed by, she said with an arrogant tone and for those...

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