181 Creating Your Big Idea – Bob Sager
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Innovation, Business Strategies, Creative Thinking, Ideas, Connection Summary Not focusing on your competition is NOT the same as ignoring them. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Bob Sager shows us how to be creative and innovative as a way of distinguishing our businesses FROM the competition… in a very crowded and noisy marketplace. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: The difference between FOCUSING on your competitors and ACKNOWLEDGING them. Why it’s important to learn about your competitors but to...
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180 Standing on Her … Tippi Toes - Sarah Nuse
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Happiness, Success, Integrity, Accountability, Intentionality Summary What does it really take … to be happy? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, international franchisor Sarah Nuse will share wisdom from her fantastic book, Destined for Greatness. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: The idea that the pursuit of happiness is part of our human nature. That acting incongruently with your values makes it nearly impossible to be happy. A converse truth: when you’re...
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179 Tweets … and Deeper Meanings
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Twitter, Social Media, Quotes, Excellence, Listening Summary The challenge of communicating effectively on Twitter can actually help us to be better communicators. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. Then in the second segment, we’ll look at a few powerful tweets and then expound on them a bit in order to attain an even deeper understanding. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: Why Twitter can be a hotbed for misunderstanding, hurt feelings, and an insult or two. The importance of caring enough to ask...
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178 Rewire Your Brain for Success - Frederique Murphy
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Beliefs, Visualization, Brain, Mind, Success Summary One is never too successful to retrain their brain. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Frederique Murphy shows leaders all over the world how to do that very thing. And that’s what we’ll discuss. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: A surprising experience from a number of years ago: while speaking at the Million Dollar Round Table of Insurance’s international convention, I discovered that many of the very top producers had...
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177 Peaceful Prosperity - Kenya Nelson Stevens
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Peace, Organization, Prosperity, Finances, Mindset Summary What we decide to believe about ourselves is so often what we become. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Kenya Nelson Stevens will share her thoughts and wisdom on what she calls “Peaceful Prosperity.” That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: Why financial prosperity has little to do with numbers and everything to do with our thoughts, feelings, and emotions around them. How telling myself as a kid that I was horrible at math...
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176 Mindset Reset - Lisa Jimenez
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Mindset, Success, Attitude, Vision, Alignment Summary Are our lives really that similar to a certain classic science fiction movie? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Lisa Jimenez joins us with a powerful formula for resetting our minds and releasing our self-imposed limitations. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: The similarities between “The Matrix” (the movie) and the matrix controlling our minds. Why many beliefs we unconsciously accepted limit our potential success and...
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175 Magically Making the Impossible … Happen - Mahdi Gilbert
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Attitude, Magic, Relationships, Success, Motivation Summary So often the difference between victimhood and victory is a personal decision. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, you’ll meet a man I greatly admire, and who will absolutely take anyone’s excuses away, and who does it with more than a touch of magic. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: An important truth: you cannot live in victimhood AND become a victor. What it takes to be victorious and overcome tragic events...
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174 Counterintuitive Charisma
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Charisma, Relationships, Success, Business, Questions Summary The key to “having charisma” might just be exactly the opposite of what we think it is. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. Then in the second segment, I’ll share a suggestion on how to accomplish it. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: Two traditional definitions of “charisma,” along with another...that I like best. Why it’s not sustainable to base your success on natural charisma alone. An example from 19th-century England about...
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173 Creating Transformational Change - Greg Satell
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Change, Values, Purpose, Leadership, Movements Summary What does it take to create and sustain transformational change? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, we’ll have a discussion with the author of a magnificent book on that very topic. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: Why we must never stop looking for ways to better the world. What it takes to do so: creating a plan, executing that plan, and implementing the correct strategies and tactics. Interview with Greg...
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172 Creating Value … is YOUR Choice! - Amanda Buse
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Small Business, Value, Women-Owned Business, Girl Boss Summary How important is it to your self-image, and to your business’s bottom line, to walk in your value? We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. And in our interview segment, Amanda Buse joins us with some excellent insights and strategies on how to communicate your value to your prospects, customers, and clients … and have a business that’s both very enjoyable and very profitable. That and more on today’s show. Bob’s Thought of the Day We’ll explore: An answer to a blog reader’s...
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Summary
Imagine a world where we only accept as truth that which we already believe and ignore whatever we don’t. Actually, you need not imagine it. It’s … what we do. We’ll look at that in our Thought of the Day. Then in the second segment, we’ll see what we can do about lessening its effect on us. That and more on today’s show.
Bob’s Thought of the Day
We’ll explore:
- A reminder about cognitive dissonance, which we discussed in Episode 133: it is one of the most negatively powerful ways a person will unconsciously allow their emotions to keep them from making a correct decision or a necessary change.
- A definition of confirmation bias: “The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one’s preexisting beliefs or hypotheses.”
- Daniel Goleman’s powerful quote, from his book Emotional Intelligence: “The emotional mind takes its beliefs to be absolutely true, and so discounts any evidence to the contrary.”
- An example of confirmation bias from a conversation I recently had on Twitter.
SEGMENT #2
We’ll explore:
- Why people who are suffering from confirmation bias... don’t realize they are doing so.
- The importance of continually asking yourself--especially the more strongly and passionately you feel about a thing--if you might be experiencing confirmation bias.
- A recent interaction when I realized I had confirmation bias.
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- How does confirmation bias dramatically hold us back from clear decision-making? Find out in this episode of The Go-Giver Podcast. #confirmationbias
- The degree to which one suffers from cognitive dissonance and confirmation bias is directly proportional to the emotional investment they have in their current belief. #confirmationbias
- Stay aware of the possibility that confirmation bias might be running through your thought process, and ultimately, your decision-making process. #decisions
- When it comes to confirmation bias, the most important thing we can do is to continually stop our unconscious thinking and ask ourselves questions. #thinking
Resources
Episode 133 Confirmatin Bias https://thegogiver.com/2019/01/133-cognitive-dissonance/
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