10K Speeches - 08/2019 Flashcards
Your goal is to keep down the pressure and noise in your head. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
10K Speeches 08/2019
Easy / Hard - Easy to do, but hard to remember to do. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Friendtor - A friend who is also a mentor. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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The mind can’t tell the difference between imagination and memory. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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If you want to make more, spend more. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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We all choose our lives, just the way they are. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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I choose everything in my reality, and because of that, I’m totally free. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Fear of public speaking is a selfish addiction. It’s not about you. It’s about them. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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When you are speaking, your life should go on pause. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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When I take the stage, I’m an example of what it means to be fully expressed. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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The hardest part of my job is holding people to their greatness. They will kick and scream the whole way. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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You can’t change what happened to you, but you can change how you interpret it. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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To be a world class speaker, you have to be a world class humaan. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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If you don’t work on your own shit, you will pass it on to others…and sometimes without even knowing it. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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The best thing I can do as a speaker is work on myself. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Emotion is the currency of humanity. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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I don’t change people. They have to change themselves. All I can do is nudge them to change. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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You don’t get to be the only influence on your kids, but you better be the best one. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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What people are craving more than advice is a great example to follow. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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You business is like a child. What stage is it in right now? - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Winners find ways. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Speaking is not the business, getting the gig is. - David Avrin (@DavidAvrin) #10KSpeeches
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Half of my clients didn’t know me prior to us reaching out. - David Avrin (@DavidAvrin) #10KSpeeches
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It’s not about what you say, it’s about what they hear. - David Avrin (@DavidAvrin) #10KSpeeches
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Speaking Bureaus almost will never take a chance on new speakers. - David Avrin (@DavidAvrin) #10KSpeeches
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We don’t do cold calls, but we do tons of cold emails. “…Watch this video and you’ll know in 3 mins if he’s your guy.” - David Avrin (@DavidAvrin) #10KSpeeches
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What doesn’t kill you, raises your speaker fee. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Great storytellers build a bridge from their story that the audience can relate to. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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If you play it save as a speaker, you will be seen as irrelevant. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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You will never surpass your inner image. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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You have to teach your customers how/why to buy from you. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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With emails I ask myself “how do I want them to feel when they read this?”- Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Nothing draws a crowd like a crowd. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Your tears are your strength. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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With your audience. Build tension and then release the tension. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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When you don’t deal with an emotion, you are building a time bomb inside you. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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“Check mark method” of storytelling. start medium, go low, come back to medium, end high. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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If you choose to share a private story publically, be prepared for blowback. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Stories cut through the noise. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Vulnerability isn’t a tactic, it’s a way of being. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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The more persona <> The more universal. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Speaking is a cool profession because we get to have the attention of others. Do you know how hard it is to get someone’s attention for as long as we get to? - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Purpose of a story is to: 1) Activate an emotion 2) Create an emotional connection 3) Establish credibility without bragging - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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Sean’s Blocks for Speaking (Stories, Activities, Lessons) - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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When you acknowledge the audience, the audience acknowledges you. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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The audience wants to hear their own voice more than yours, so let them hear it. - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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DYK The sound of your own voice soothes you? - Sean Stephenson (@3FootGiant) #10KSpeeches
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A great story has three parts (Orphan - Wandering - Warrior) - Adam Lyons #10KSpeeches
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When it comes to marketing, just do what you will actually do. Don’t get overwhelmed with trying to do everything. - Peter Bielagus (@bielagus) #10KSpeeches
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It’s not about revenue. It’s about profit and your time. - Peter Bielagus (@bielagus) #10KSpeeches
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You don’t get to decide how powerful your speech is, your audience does. - Peter Bielagus (@bielagus) #10KSpeeches
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It’s powerful to be in a niche, it’s also scary to do so. - Peter Bielagus (@bielagus) #10KSpeeches
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Three ways to be funny: 1) Exaggerate the truth 2) Exaggerate the lie 3) Do an impersonation - Peter Bielagus (@bielagus) #10KSpeeches
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