248 | Creating Connection and Significance Through Speaking with Les Brown
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Motivational Speaker, Les Brown shares with us how the road to growth and transformation requires the COURAGE to change. If you want to evoke the spirit of transformation in those whom you serve, you must also commit to catalyzing that very thing in your own life. The intention and desire to grow must be practiced, exercised and executed consistently.
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Target Audience: Les motivates Entrepreneurs who wish to use Speaking as a platform for inspiration and expanding consciousness.
Passion, Fear & the Courage to Change
Creating change is not easy. We ask Les: “What are the basics when you want to change something in your life?”
Les says it requires the willingness to assess the situation and asking yourself the question: “what direction do I go in now? Is this worth the cost for me? What Sacrifice am I willing to make? If not, then what you want in your life will be sacrificed. Courage is not an act you take in absence of fear, but an action you take in spite of the fear.
The easiest thing Les admits he does now is earning the kind of living that he desires. Now, the most difficult thing he had to do was BELIEVE he COULD do it. He says, the basics are working on yourself and developing that mindset that it is possible. It is about increasing value and being unstoppable in what is being created.
Who do I need to be?
The KEY question. Les explains that you have to, to stay ahead of the game. As entrepreneurs, we must prepare ourselves for the future and the circumstance that come about. Ask yourself, “Who do I have to be to accommodate the changes that will take place.” By working on mindset and skill set, we can win in the marketplace every day!
Ask yourself what you have going for you what is working against you? What do you need to do? Les says he disciplines himself to read 3 books per month. What do you need to do to sharpen yourself? And remember, if you’re the smartest in your group, you need a new group.
Les believes that being in business is not just about making money- but leaving a legacy. Stretching yourself is about discovering how little you know. Reflect on who you are and who you need to be. What’s the story you believe about yourself?
As we live, we earn, learn and pass it on. There is no success without successors. Power them to become a pencil in the hand of God (Mother Teresa quote)- helping people to change the planet.
What’s aching to get out?
Did you know that 87% of our self-talk is negative and undetected from our conscious minds? People must begin to ask themselves what the calling of their lives are. As much as they have chosen IT, it has also chosen THEM. Speaking is about changing consciousness!
In this episode we’ll cover:
- Exploring who you need to be tomorrow
- Increasing your belief in your own VALUE
- How to focus on what you really want
- Using courage to develop mindset and skillset
- Committing yourself to sharpening the self
Practical and Actionable:
There’s too much information around us yet not enough insight. Les says, there are riches in niches. When you focus on that, (the noise will always be there) you become disciplined. You have a place to stand. Don’t be a jack of all trades. Focus on the direction. Commit to that path- the one that represents your values. A noise comes on when you take your focus off your goals.
Resources and Links
- Les Brown Official Website
- Get in touch about speaking personally: [email protected]
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