Nothing Happened Today...and how to speak about it.

Who are the three most influential people in my business life so far? # 1. Peter Thomson: The story of Peter Thomson is one of success – trauma – success. A story of   taking the information he already knew and   creating systems to generate success from success. ·   Peter   takes you through how to write a ‘Tips sheet’ and then expand it into an eBook, of some 2,000 words, for capturing emails and credibility. But it doesn’t end there, with just a little more work that eBook can become an 80 page soft back book, complete with cover and ISBN for sale on the online and offline market. ·   But that’s not all, using the formula Peter goes deep into on his Achievers Club program. Your eBooks become a hard back book of 200 pages for real credibility and as a professional business card. ·   Peter has a series of workshops which take last up to eight hours in all and delivers it without notes (or ...

WOULDN’T IT BE GREAT IF YOU WERE ABLE TO STRIDE TOWARDS A PODIUM, TURN AND FACE AN AUDIENCE CONFIDENT IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU ARE READY, PREPARED AND INSPIRED TO DELIVER A PRESENTATION WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE AN IMPRESSION ON AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE? NO NEED FOR SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, ANXIETY, AND SICKNESS OR DREAD AS YOUR TURN TO SPEAK APPROACHES…IT DOESN’T WORK LIKE THAT THOUGH DOES IT? DOES IT? ON A SCALE OF 0-10 WHERE 0 IS CONFIDENT, AND 10 IS FRANTIC…WHERE IS YOUR ANXIETY LEVEL WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO SPEAK? WHEN YOU MEET A BUSINESS COLLEAGUE FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOW COMFORTABLE ARE YOU SITTING ACROSS THE TABLE AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS? AT NETWORK PRESENTATIONS, WHICH WORDS DESCRIBE YOUR EMOTIONS STIRRING AS YOU WAIT YOUR TURN TO SPEAK?  ANXIETY? DREAD? FEAR? OR COMFORTABLE? CONFIDENT? INSPIRED?   LOOK! YOU WOULDN’T BE SPEAKING TO OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS IF IT WASN’T FOR THE SUCCESS YOU’VE ALREADY HAD. BUT SPEAKING MIGHT NOT BE TOP OF YOUR SKILLS. BUT ASK YOURSE...

Talking About Your Shit...powerfully. “They don’t care about you!” How often has that been the mantra of content marketing and is it set in stone? You have an opportunity to have a 1-2-1 with another business owner and talk about each other’s business and then you move on. “What benefits will I get from that conversation?” So ‘Yes’ we don’t care about the business owner more than we care about how the conversation will work for us. Then, that same business owner stands up for a 20-minute slot which is more about him and general tips to help all businesses or a personal story. Yesterday I was at a meeting where a man stood up and talked about ways to pay for goods without cash. He mentioned PayPal, Worldpay and one other but I cannot remember it because these services were not for me. I moved on. After the round of pitches, we listened as he stood to do his 20-minute slot where he began with a date and the death of his wife at 32. I listened. H...