I faced an interesting dilemma yesterday – repurpose an old blog post for speed just to stay consistent with my Sunday posting ritual, or hold off until Monday when I could create a new post that could serve at a higher level.
You might be wondering what on earth is he on about, so to explain – this weekend Chris and I were supposed to be in Las Vegas for a live event about self education and personal development with Dean Graziosi and Tony Robbins, plus a line up of incredible speakers I hugely admire.
Naturally with the health pandemic that event couldn’t happen in the intended format. Instead it was broadcast live as a super high tech virtual event with about 8000 people on zoom. And it was awesome!
So again, why the dilemma? Well I’ve made it a habit to write and post every weekend. I committed to that back in 2017 and haven’t missed a week since. With this virtual event the days were long and out of kilter to UK timing ie running from 4pm to the early hours of the next day, and I didn’t want to miss a word of it. The desire to stay consistent and ‘perfect’ to my blog habit was so strong yet there was another part of me challenging that thinking. Rather than share something just to tick that done box, what if I embraced uncomfortable and imperfect action (a theme of the virtual event btw) – admitted this quirky brain dilemma, and instead shared a much better post the following day.
The thing is I’m sure no one cares whether I post on Sunday or on Monday, it was just my own beliefs bedded in over 3 years!
So, for this week’s impromptu post, I feel compelled to synthesise and share a taste of some incredible wisdom I was lucky enough to receive first hand over the weekend. Over the years I’ve recognised in myself that the reason I’m such a voracious learner, prolific note taker and committed action taker is this – yes I want to get to the next level, but almost bigger than that, I have a bursting desire to share what what I learn with those who care and who will apply it, for their benefit and for their loved ones.
So, whilst there’s no way I can summarise 3 days of awesomeness (and 71 pages of my notes) in under 1000 words, I will attempt to capture one powerful nugget from each of the main speakers.
DEAN GRAZIOSI
Who – America’s leading real estate educator, also best selling author, speaker and entrepreneur
Take the time to get clear on where you are now, where you want to get to, why that’s a MUST for you, and how are you going to do it ie what capabilities do you need. “You can deal with a difficult today if you have a compelling tomorrow”
“Choose commitment over convenience” – think through that lens when things get tough ie it’s hard now but will be worth it for easier later.
TONY ROBBINS
Who- the big guy needs no intro 🙂
Energy is the ultimate power. If your energy is low are you going to set up a new business from 5pm-midnight ie after your 9-5? Your attitude is affected by your energy
You can’t manage what you don’t measure so the no.1 thing to measure is your energy, so measure it on a level between 1-10 everyday, and work on it. [HINT – to raise energy it needs movement and sound]. “Business is physical”.
Never leave the site of being inspired, setting a goal or making a decision without doing something, while still in state, that commits you to following through [so that goes for anything from attending an event, a webinar, reading a book, or even this blog post].
3 keys to growing your business
#1 Know your ideal customer
#2 Create an irresistible offer
#3 Deliver more than expected
“You don’t have to be perfect or be perfectly clear – do a few things and pivot pivot pivot.”
[I took so much from Tony that may circle back to some of that in a separate blog post in itself]
JENNA KUTCHER
Who – Super successful p
hotographer and digital marketing expert.
If you think about your brand as a magazine, what topics would it cover? Visualise the cover of the magazine and the articles, imagine the circulation of those great articles and connect with people through the things you’re passionate about.
JAMIE KERN LIMA
Who – In the Forbes’ list of “America’s Richest Self-Made Women” since 2017 – founder of IT Cosmetics that she sold to L’Oreal for $1.2 billion
“You can’t fake authenticity. The biggest threat is being distracted by what someone else is doing – maybe someone has done what I’ve done before but no one can do it like me – when we fully embrace that it’s liberating. When we are fully authentic, that’s when people really connect.”
“I am not on this earth to compete with someone else, I’m on this earth to compete with who God made me to be.”
RUSSEL BRUNSEN
Who- Co-founder of marketing software Clickfunnels and marketing rockstar
“You don’t get traffic, you find it and get in front of it”. Who has already congregated your dream audience and how can you get in front of them?
TRENT SHELTON
Who – NFL player turned motivational speaker with 12 million followers
“Promises are with words, commitments are with actions”.
Create confidence by failing – “failing is not the opposite of success, it’s part of it.”
“The most important work you will ever do is the work you do on yourself that no one sees, that will pay you back 2 or 3 years later. But you need to do that internal work now.”
“Stop treating your dreams like a hobby.”
BRENDAN BURCHARD
Who – world renowned high performance coach and one of my all time favourites.
“Doubt is a signal for you to keep going and figure things out”.
“Most people aren’t scared to start their dream, they’re scared to be seen starting small, but you have to get in and get started.”
Adopt the role model mindset – so what kind of role model do you want to be?
Keep challenging yourself – will this behaviour be perceived as role modelling? Ie I need to be the best person I can be so that I can inspire others to be their best – not about being perfect but about being a role model for service reasons.
The CEO mindset – invest in self, I’m the boss, stop waiting for someone, for permission, get the education, the resources and go execute.
A CEO asks, “How do I continue to build and scale this to serve more people?” and if that means go learn skill XYZ, then go do it
DEAN GRAZIOSI
Be the guardian of your confidence because when confidence is down, we play it average, but when confidence is up we can do anything.
List out the outside influences that you know derails your confidence so you can protect against them, and list out the outside influences that lift your confidence so you can seek more out.
PETE VARGAS
Who – CEO of Advance Your Reach- helps Entrepreneurs leverage stages and speaking to grow their business.
Are there more or less problems in the world since COVID? More of course….
We have 3 options
– keep talking about them
– complain about them
– or solve them
“Do you have knowledge that needs to be out there because someone else needs your help to get through what you’ve figured out? Do you have a message that can change lives?”
IN CONCLUSION
After spending 3 days with these incredible and accomplished people I am awe inspired, yet I noticed some common threads.
-each and every one of them started somewhere, those starts were ugly but they figured it out and never gave up- because their why ran deep, was compelling and service led.
-they all hit major obstacles, but again had a reason to push through the uncomfortable and imperfect action to get to the next level.
-they all had simplicity of message yet those messages were incredibly powerful and could be flexibly adapted to help educate over 30 mins, 3 hours or 3 days.
-they were all the ripple effect of those they chose to study, combined with their own actions, mistakes and lessons.
-they all continue to serve, regardless of the money.
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