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Public Speaking is just Talking to One Person at a Time in front of Other People

For today’s #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to Deborah Torres-Patel for this piece of advice.

In a previous article I’ve talked about How to Instantly Overcome your Fear of Public Speaking. But Deborah’s advice sums this up entirely.

What she says is that this piece of advice is worth millions of dollars as it has been utilized by professional public speakers across the globe.

And that is:

“Public Speaking is just talking to one person at a time in front of other people.”

Let me give you a specific example based on my own personal experience.

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The Only 2 Things You Need to Supercharge Career Growth!

It’s #thankfulthursdays and I’d like to give gratitude to Nevitt Sanford for conceptualizing this.

It’s called the Challenge and Support Model, which, in a nutshell, What Sanford is saying is that you have to establish a balance between Challenge and Support to drive career growth not just for yourself, but for your team members, and even for your children.

Read on to see how it works.

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12 Needs that Employees Require to find True Engagement and Improve Performance

For #thankfulthursdays I’d like to give gratitude to Pat Whitty for teaching me this.

I would say that this information is GOLD, and I’d recommend every leader to have this as a checklist where you will ensure that each and every one of these “employee needs” get addressed at certain intervals.

Based on a study performed by Gallup, there are 12 Needs that Employees Require to find True Engagement and Perform at Their Best:

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DEMYSTIFIED: How and When to apply Logistic Regression

For #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to Brandon Foltz.

You know when there’s a skill that you haven’t practiced for some time and you feel rusty so you want some sort of refresher to enable you to get a hang of it again?

Well I was in that exact situation a few years ago, specific to Logistic Regression, when I had to create a predictive model to address one of the business pain points I was working on.

Thankfully, I found this tutorial by Brandon that was even better than when I first learned all about Logistic Regression.

And I’d like to share it with you so that you can benefit from it as well.

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With Respect to This Thing is Concerned

For today’s #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to the people who have taken me under their wing.

These people have paved the way to me becoming the Business Optimization Expert I am today.

To my first boss in this field – Kalyan, who hired me because he saw something in me through my Robinson Crusoe story, thank you for investing in me and ensuring I have everything I need to become successful in my role, including my learning towards becoming a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt.

To my former colleagues – Remi, Aubrey, and Mel, thank you for teaching me what you know. Your generosity in sharing knowledge nuggets, and patience in me for constantly bugging you for questions.

If not for these people, I would not have been able to win my first Hall of Fame Award for generating over $1 Million Dollars.

And lastly, to the person who succeeded Kalyan – Marian, thank you for making me feel empowered. I have learned so much from your meticulous level of detail, as well as your coaching and mentoring techniques.

I would like to pay it forward by teaching what I learned from these mentors to others. I will do this by:

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Who else does this to Stay Motivated?

For #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to John Lee for reminding me about setting short, medium, and long term goals.

It’s about breaking-down your long-term goals into medium-term milestones, and further on until your baby step goals.

That way, you can keep getting constant feedback to ensure you’re going in the right direction, or if you need to make course corrections as early as possible.

I won’t say more as I would not want to water-down John’s message, so I would prefer you hear it straight from him.

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4 Types of People and How to Influence Them

For today’s #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to Sifu Dan Lok for teaching me this.

You know how they make you take those personality tests like DISC?

And then once you determine your personality type and that of your colleagues and team members, supposedly it will allow you to be able to work together better, since you already know the personality of each.

The problem there is that if you’re speaking with a client, or a visitor, or doing an interview with a potential hire, it’s very difficult to gauge their personality without having to have them take the DISC test.

So when it comes to figuring out how to best persuade potential clients, influence stakeholders, motivate your team, or gauge the personality and team fit of a potential new hire, there has to be a better way of gauging their personality quickly, so you can adjust your approach accordingly.

What Dan Lok has taught me is that there are 4 Personality Types, which can be described as gems – Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, and Pearl. He dives deep into each type, and explains what motivates them.

That way, you’ll be able to quickly gauge the personality of the person you’re speaking with, while you are having a conversation with them.

Here’s how.

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Copy me so I don’t have to do it anymore. The Leadership Mindset for People Development.

It’s #thankfulthursdays and for today I’d like to give gratitude to Seth Godin for teaching me this.

“Copy me so I don’t have to do it anymore.” – Seth Godin

What he meant by this isn’t copy-pasting or plagiarizing content.

It’s more of let’s say you started doing things the way I do it, you adapt my best practices, make them your own, it means I have made my mark in the world and I can move on and innovate further and create new things that will be of value to the world!

If you’re a leader then I’m sure this would make sense to you. Transferring knowledge, skillsets, and developing people is what we live for.

And because I’m grateful to you for reading this, I would like to make your day by giving you some value.

Here are some options of how you can copy and acquire some of my very own skillsets.

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How to turn your Anger and Hatred into Motivation

For today’s #thankfulthursdays I would like to give gratitude to Tom Bilyeu, for teaching me how to use anger, hate, self-doubt, and turn that into the driving force to keep you going, just when you think you’re about to give up.

He recommends you keep a list of all your haters, trolls, and anyone who has ever doubted you, including that little voice inside of you, your own self-doubt.

Because just when you think you’re about to give up, you can channel all that anger and hatred to give you a reason to push, make it happen, and prove them wrong.

While I’m not really a person who gets angry, or holds a grudge against anyone, I can completely relate to the study that Tom talks about, and how people are able to do at least 30% more by using this technique.

There’s a reason why Anger exists. Use it to your advantage!

Check it out!

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