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Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it. – C.S. Lewis

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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.

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Just be yourself. Let people see the real, imperfect, flawed, quirky, weird, beautiful, magical person that your are. – Mandy Hale

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Although the thought of public speaking can send many of us into a fearful frenzy, many jobs require us to swallow our fear and do the best we can with it.

From presenting ideas or information in a meeting to introducing your company to new clients, there are numerous occasions on which it will be necessary for you to stand up, look confident and speak to your audience with all the gumption you can muster.

So if you must partake in public speaking, why not do the best job you possibly can? MakeUseOf have created this nine step public speaking cheat sheet to ensure you are fully prepared to wow the next time you’re up in front of a crowd!

The next time you’re asked to present, ensure that you use these techniques and you’ll undoubtedly impress your audience, and more importantly, yourself!

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It’s early morning and you’re packing your lunch for the day. You’ve got your sandwiches and your favourite snack all stored away, waiting to be devoured when lunchtime finally rolls around. You make your way to the fruit bowl preparing for an apple or a banana, but no: it’s an orange. The messiest, stickiest fruit in the entire world and the white shirt’s natural enemy. You know that if you attempt to peel this thing at your desk there’s going to be an event that you can only describe as an orange-pocalypse, but how can it be avoided?

Well, it’s time to stop living your life in fear of the dreaded messy orange, and start using this amazing trick that will ensure you peel oranges like a pro and maintain an orange-juice wardrobe and workspace for ever more. All you have to do is cut the peel around the middle and place the end of a piece of cutlery through the gap, under the peel to loosen it. After you’ve been around a few times, twist the two halves off and voila! Better yet, you can do this at home before you pack the orange away and it’ll still be fresh come lunchtime!

Featured photo credit: Orange to go – How to peel an orange in an easy way via youtube.com

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Kenji Shibata has been active in Japan since 1992. After studying with Studio Gibb and at renowned visual arts school in Osaka, Kenji Shibata quickly moved on to solo exhibitions. This brilliant artist often integrates his love of technology into his love of art, most notably with his series of hyper realistic motorcycle paintings. After a number of solo exhibitions, Kenji Shibata even founded his own electronics company, Shibata Electronics, which now has several offices around the world.

His most recent exhibition at Tachibana Gallery, aptly named “Locked in the Ether,” presents yet another unique twist on Kenji Shibata’s chosen medium. Combining photography and deliberately frozen flowers, the artist produces images vibrant, ethereal, and distinct enough to be mistaken for paintings.

Playing with the idea of being frozen in time, Kenji Shibata froze flowers in full bloom – in the prime of their lives – in order to create this thought provoking, mesmerizing series. As the flowers began to thaw out, Kenji Shibata then photographed them in various stages of disrepair.

Such a sharp use of everyday items creates a truly engaging series of photographs that has us pondering life, death, and the beguiling nature of eternal youth. What do these gorgeous photos suggest for you?
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Check out his website for more of his art!

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When I was a child, my grandmother used to keep a small, pocket-sized kaleidoscope in the car to keep my brother and I quiet and distracted whilst she drove. These old kaleidoscopes were created using mirrors inside a cylinder with loose coloured objects such as beads. These days, there are numerous ways to create kaleidoscopes. Youtuber Jong Chool Do displays a particularly creative on in this video! Using a camera hooked up to a television, an infinite kaleidoscope is created with endless possibilities and images available to the user! If you have the equipment needed, you can even try this yourself.

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