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Check out my latest article: Your Prospect: Buyer or Explorer? 3 Ways to Tell Now! linkedin.com/pulse/your-pros… via @LinkedIn
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Author Jeanette Winterson on going for it:
"I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it."
Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Assessing your progress:
Avoid "To-Date Thinking," focusing on where your project is to date. Research warns this may lead to a false sense of accomplishment and cause you to slack off.
Instead, Embrace...
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"To-Go Thinking." It focuses on the distance left to go, which increases motivation. Never overly congratulate yourself on a half-finished task. Save the praise for when the job is entirely done.
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3 Rules to Start Your Next Presentation.
1. Paper, not your PC
2. I.D. the K.F.D. What do you want your audience to
* Know,
* Feel,
* Do?
3. Slides: Think Billboard, not Document:
10-20-30 Rule:
* 10 slides
* 20 minutes
* 30-point font.
The crux is the most complex and challenging part of mountain climbing. Unless you solve the crux, your climb will not be successful.
As entrepreneurs [or everyday people], we also have a crux. Unless we solve this complex problem, we will not be successful.
What's your crux?
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Feelings don't lead you to the right way to act. It's right actions that lead to positive feelings.
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Medicators are not the same as Medicine.
Medicators are what you reach for when you are stuck:
- alcohol
- drugs
- food
- shopping
- watching screens
Sometimes, the best Medicine is to face and fix the issue.
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We live in a “Scrolling Society.”
Successful people Stop the scroll.
In what ways do you stop the scroll?
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You ‘make’ your money during the day. You ‘collect’ your money at night-
@chrisrock
Make = Your preparation.
Collect = Your performance.
As a keynote speaker, I make my money by writing & rehearsing.
I collect at the keynote.
How do you make & collect your money?
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Courage on Demand with I.C.A.M.
I: Identify the fear
C: Countdown 3-2-1-Go!
A: take the smallest Action
M: Momentum. No that you have started. Keep it going. Say to yourself, “I’ve got This!”
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Will your presentation pass “The Fire Alarm” test?
If the fire alarm goes off, will your audience return or only a few?
How can you make your presentation so compelling that everyone rushes back for more?
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What’s your procrastination distraction?
Here are my top 3:
1. Reading
2. Exercising
3. Cleaning
Not so bad, right? But if I ask if there’s something more important I should be doing, and the answer is yes, then this list isn’t great.
What’s your go-to distraction?
Blow up success with this 4-step formula:
Progress = D + A + F + I
D: Decide – What’s your goal?
A: Act – Stop planning. Start DOING! Get in the game!
F: Feedback – Learn from flops & failures. You’re learning! Not Failing!
I: Iterate – Keep tweaking till you crush it!
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