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The Voice of Compassion
My best friend’s wife died recently. Suddenly. Nothing can explain a tragedy like this. But in the midst of bottomless grief and sorrow,...

Rick Salmon
Dec 30, 20182 min read


To Pitch an Idea, first you must Connect
One of the biggest reasons why so many pitches fail is that we fail to CONNECT with our listeners. Connection is where it all starts....

Rick Salmon
Nov 27, 20182 min read


How the Voice of Emma González Saved me
I felt numb. Yet another cruel shooting in my home country of America. In sunny Florida even. Yet another senseless slaughter of innocent...

Rick Salmon
Sep 23, 20182 min read


As soon as you speak, you will instantly be judged
With first impressions, your voice is more important than you may realise. It takes less than 1 second for people to judge your...

Rick Salmon
Jul 23, 20182 min read


The Power of Pitching
Just before Christmas I competed in the Finals of the Techtour European Venture Contest. Oddly enough, I was one of the category winners...

Rick Salmon
Jan 23, 20181 min read


Learn from the Speakers You Admire
I just listened to an old speech by Martin Luther King Jr. from April 4th, 1967 at the Riverside Church in New York City. It wasn’t his...

Rick Salmon
Nov 21, 20171 min read


A Tolerance for Silence
Right now I am on an airplane. I’m flying home at 20,000 feet from Kuopio, Finland. I’m decompressing. Imagine a town dropped right in...

Rick Salmon
May 20, 20172 min read


7 Fatal Voice Mistakes that Entrepreneurs Make when Pitching
Why some of the things you can’t even hear yourself saying may be killing your pitch and ruining your first Impressions In my head I...

Rick Salmon
Mar 7, 20173 min read


Entrepreneur Success Factor? Words-Music-Dance
Many entrepreneurs struggle. Some fail, yet some entrepreneurs succeed beyond their wildest dreams. What is the difference? What is the...

Rick Salmon
Oct 9, 20122 min read
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