Why Try To Get Out Of Your Box, When You Can Use What's In It?
To double the profit, sometimes it’s not a matter of doubling the sales calls or doubling the paid advertising or doubling the PR.
In fact, more often than not, doubling the profit is done by doubling the service.
Stay Positive & Start Caring x2
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On this episode of In The Box Podcast we got real about turning conversations into actionable items, if we’re projecting stress on others or feeling it ourselves, one way to help us keep a commitment, one tip for someone looking to start a business, and if the internet us powered more by bragging than drama.
Episode 41: Actionable Conversations, Projecting Stress, Keeping A Commitment And More
Conversation – First thing you should do to turn a good conversation into action?
Projection – When you are feeling stress/anxiety toward someone, are you really just projecting?
Commitment – What is one way to help you keep a commitment?
Bragging and Drama – Which has more power on the internet, bragging or drama?
Bonus – What is one tip you have for someone looking to start a business?
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There are two moments that a conversation can go awry.
The first is when you don’t know what to say. I was at a holiday party last night and stood next to a couple of people who had no clue what to say to each other. They exchanged names and then stood in silence. This situation happens all the time, but doesn’t need to.
The second moment conversations go askew is when there’s no direction for the conversation to go in. I sat and had coffee with a friend a couple of weeks ago and the conversation we had seemed to loop over and over. Neither of us brought anything new into the conversation. Neither of us lead it into an interesting space.
Conversations go awry because there’s no questions fueling them. There have been articles about the 36 questions that can make strangers fall in love, videos too, and it’s all good and fun, but in turning it into clickbait, it has lost its realness.
Questions are the foundation to golden conversations.
Having 36 (or even 5) questions in your mind to ask to strangers ensures there’s never awkward silence. Asking powerful questions that allow someone (whether you know them or not) to use their imagination is critical to ensuring conversation doesn’t get repeatably banal.
Stay Positive & Ask More
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Bethany fuels her writing by connecting with different organizations, traveling, attending various events, and generously collaborating with individuals in her space.
Many times we fool ourselves into thinking that if we do the writing then the organizations will reach out, we’ll be able to travel, we’ll be invited to events and people will want to work with us.
The writing, the pictures, the sharing matters, but the doing, connecting, and getting out there matters more. It fuels the rest of our art.
Stay Positive & Stop Hiding (What Are You Chicken?)
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Fear prevents us from doing, trying, creating so much.
I often read and write about how if we could just overcome the fear then we could get to the work that matters, we can start creating art that makes a difference. As easy as it might sound to do after you let go of the fear, I don’t believe it is.
The main reason is a lack of imagination or the mental drive to picture something better than what already is.
You might have to get past fear to start writing a book, but to write a remarkably successful book, one must imagine a book that’s better than what is already out there.
Once we believe in something better can exist, then all we have to do is answer the call.
Stay Positive & Stop Settling
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There are two ways to react and one way to respond…
1) Prove them wrong. Use your anger, hate, logic, power, authority to break them down. Snap back and make them regret ever doubting you.
2) Prove yourself right. Rush to triple check your facts. Go back to research, find a new angle, support yourself for your own sake. Your self-esteem is on the line here.
3) Prove there’s more to uncover. Good, you made a statement, now go study the unknown and make another statement. As Bernadette Jiwa writes, “The act of digging into the unknowns is more useful than reaffirming what’s certain.”
Stay Positive & ABEU (always be exploring unknowns)
* For the difference between reacting and responding listen to episode 17.
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I’ve fallen in love with the story of Ernest Shackleton and his voyage on Endurance.
The short of it is the man, Ernest, wanted to explore uncharted antarctic territory by ship in 1915. He recruited mates. Set sail. And, miles and miles away from civilization his ship got stuck in ice. For more than 8 months they were stranded and the ice eventually crushed the ship. Some men then made the trek to the nearest civilization (again, miles and miles away) to get a rescue crew.
While most stories like this involve gruesome tales of people going crazy and trying to kill each other for food, warmth or for no reason at all. This story is different.
In Shackleton’s story, no one died.
The most valid and powerful reason why? It goes back to the ad he placed in the newspaper when he was recruiting.
He could have posted “Men wanted, between age 25 and 30, no children, will pay ~4 dollars a day,” but he didn’t.
When you’re recruiting, consider who you’re asking for. It can make all the difference when it comes to life or death situations. Especially life. Especially growth. Especially success.
Stay Positive & Go A Level Deeper In Communicating Who You Want
