It is no secret that our own George Washington and France’s Marquis de Lafayette were dear friends. One of the many reasons for this friendship is attributed to Lafayette’s introducing himself to Washington by saying, unlike other French leaders before him, “I am here to learn, not teach.” In this spirit, we are not writing this article to teach anything. Our intent is simply to share a technique we used in recent years to help us communicate and perform. We found it easy and effective. Our hope is that you might find something useful in it, take it, improve upon it and return it in a forum, like this or elsewhere, so that we all continue to learn.

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