181 Creating Your Big Idea – Bob Sager
The Go-Giver Podcast
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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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 Satell
You’ll discover:
- Lessons about creating transformational change from two movements: one that failed (Occupy Wall St.), and one that succeeded (Otpor).
- The importance of using humor to dispel tension.
- Why you must reach out to those outside your movement, and welcome those who wish to join you.
- A key for creating impact: small groups loosely connected, united by a shared purpose.
- That violence doesn’t work in terms of winning over the masses..
- What we can learn from two of the most notable transformational changes in modern history, Mahatma Gandhi’s leading of the Indian independence movement, and the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leading of the civil rights movement.
- The immense, game-changing importance of communicating shared values.
10 Principles for Transformational Change
- Revolutions don’t begin with a slogan. They begin with a cause. The vision always needs to be rooted in solving problems people genuinely care about. That’s why you can’t bribe or coerce change. Once you start trying to engineer change through incentives, you are signaling that this is a change that people don’t really want to make.
- Transformation fails because people oppose it, not because people don’t understand it. For any significant change, there are going to be some people who aren’t going to like it and they are going to undermine it in ways that are dishonest, underhanded, and deceptive. That is your primary design constraint. Change of any kind threatens the status quo, which never yields its power gracefully.
- Be explicit about your values. Values represent constraints and constraints bring meaning and credibility. A movement without values is nothing more than a mob.
- Resist the urge to engage those who attack and undermine you. In fact, as a general rule, you should avoid them until you have gained significant momentum. It will only frustrate you and slow you down.
- Focus on building local majorities. You want to be continually expanding your majorities within communities and clusters. When you go outside your majority, however, you get pushback. Stay on the inside pushing out.
- Shift from differentiating values to shared values. Differentiating values are what make people passionate about an idea, but shared values create entry points for people to join your cause. You overcome your opposition by listening and identifying shared values in what they say that can be leveraged to attract others to your cause.
- Mobilize people to influence institutions. Every action has a purpose. You are always mobilizing someone to influence something. For everything you do, you ask who are we mobilizing and to influence what?
- Scale change through empowerment. Instead of trying to get people to do what you want, find people who want what you want and give them resources to help them take action. It is through taking action, not taking orders, that people take ownership of the movement and make it their own.
- Survive victory. The victory phase is the most dangerous phase. You need to think about how to “survive victory” from the start. It’s not enough to make a point, you have to want to make a difference.
- Transformation is always a journey, never a particular destination. The most important thing you can do to bring change about is simply to get started. If not now, when? If not you, who?
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- “The first step to building a platform for change is making people feel comfortable.” Greg Satell @Digitaltonto #change
- On this episode, discover a key element for creating change and impact: “Small groups, loosely connected, but united by a shared purpose.” @Digitaltonto #purpose
- “You get to the shared values by listening to your most ardent opponents.” Greg Satell @Digitaltonto #values
Interview Links
Cascades: How to Create a Movement that Drives Transformational Change by Greg Satell
Mapping Innovation: A Playbook for Navigating a Disruptive Age by Greg Satell
Resources
Endless Referrals: The Go-Giver Way
Endless Referrals: The Go-Giver Way 2-Day Workshop