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Mike Acker

My Book Introduction from Speak With No Fear

YOU ARE NOT ALONE I was in the 7th grade. Pimples, growth spurts, and a cracking voice defined my exterior. My parents had forced me to...

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Keys to Receiving a Promotion or Raise

When you improve your public speaking ability improve your probability of success. That is what I do. I help people advance their skills....

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Listen Before You Leap to Reap Greater Rewards

I need to get better at listening. Do you? As I wrote my book, Speak With No Fear, I wrote about the power of listening. I felt a bit...

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7 Ways to Get More Respect

Does it seem like people don’t listen to what you have to say? Do you feel ignored? Many people don’t receive the respect they either...

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Exercise Your Mental Muscle

Losing weight is the most common New Year’s resolution. After all, we have to take care of our body so it can take care of us. But here’s...

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Have a More Productive Day

The more you get done each day, the more success you can experience. You also give yourself the opportunity to have more free time, too....

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Six Types of Goals To Balance Your Life Right

Everyone understands that goals are important to success, but there are still relatively few people that actually set goals regularly and...

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Create a 5-Year Plan for Your Life

At 22 years old I sat down at Starbucks with a blank page. Over the course of one hour I mapped out a 1, 2, 5, and 10 year plan for my...

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8 Tips to Learn More Efficiently

by Mike Acker Recently I was playing with my son, Paxton. As we played my mind drifted from being with him to focusing on work. I...

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Signs You Need a Career Change

March 29, 2019 Statistics say most people change their careers 5 to 7 times before finding the right workplace and eventually retiring....