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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...
"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.
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?
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.
We live in a “Scrolling Society.”
Successful people Stop the scroll.
In what ways do you stop the scroll?
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?
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!”
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?
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!
Shy? Here’s the lesson my cousin taught me:
✅ Don’t say no before they do.
✅ Always ask.
My first big pitch? Asking Lolita, the prom queen, to prom. She said yes. A few seconds of courage changed my life.
"I have something that's going to make your butt look better!"
This is the 10-word pitch Sara Blakely used to begin her billion-dollar shape-wear business, @SPANX.
Here are 6 Steps to create your (potential) billion-dollar pitch: