Check out one of my new audio books -- Addicted to Busy by Brady Boyd. Are you spread too thin, taking on more than you can handle? Boyd suggests we take a moment of rest so that we might discover that all our busyness is covering up an essential lack in our lives. Play this YouTube video above to hear the first 12 minutes of the book (with me narrating). This is a book for anyone looking to explore the spiritual side of their busy schedule to see what new priorities you can make and limits you can impose to get more of the right things done. |
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I'd love to have you watch this short video where I asked an audience what amounted to a trick question about communication. I wonder how you would have answered? Watch it here. This is part 2 of my interview with Grant Fairley of Strategic Seminars in Ontario, Canada. His seminars and executive coaching deal with business, relationships, customer service and leadership. He's written the book Positive Influence: How to Lead Your World. Click on the link below the audio player to buy your copy. Grant and I will talk about the final 3 keys to effective leadership. Listen to part 1 here. Get Grant's book: Positive Influence: How to Lead Your World Grant Fairley is a principal speaker with Strategic Seminars. For more than 30 years he has been doing presentations on finance, leadership, team building, relationships, personal development, spiritual life and more. He also serves as an executive coach, providing professional development to leaders in business, government and the community. He combines mentoring and story-telling to give unique and memorable experiences for his audiences as well as for his individual clients. In this interview, I talk with Grant Fairley. Grant heads up Strategic Seminars in Ontario, Canada. His seminars and executive coaching deal with business, relationships, customer service and leadership. He's written the book Positive Influence: How to Lead Your World. Click on the link below the audio player to buy your copy. Grant and I will talk about 5 Keys to effective leadership. And this is part one.
The problem with most of our presentations is believing we are speaking to many. Sure, there's a crowd, possibly hundreds. But don't think of the many. Think of just one.
If you are to be truly successful from the platform or in a conference room trying to get your point across, approach it as if there's really just one person in the room. Each person there is an individual, even in a crowded banquet hall. They listen as one person. They think as one. They each have just one mind. Even when sitting in a packed room, each of us hears the presentation all by ourselves. I was inspired by this article from Inc. magazine, in which Jeff Haden suggests that "Idea" should really be a verb, not a noun.
"Every day, would-be entrepreneurs let hesitation and uncertainty stop them from acting on an idea," Haden writes. "Fear of the unknown and fear of failure are what stopped me, and may be what stops you, too." So, he argues for a grammatical twist. Had he turned "idea" into a verb, Haden says he might have acted on the many ideas he's had over the years which never materialized into anything. "Think about a few of the ideas you've had, whether for a new business, a new career, or even just a part-time job," Haden wonders. "In retrospect, how many of your ideas could have turned out well, especially if you had given the opportunity your best effort?" Here's the punch in the gut: "Ideas without action aren't ideas. They’re regrets." Time for action. Read the full article here. WesBleed.com | Twitter: @wesbleed |
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